When The CBC Is Not The CBC

When it comes to the CBC and Tod Maffin, appearances can be deceiving.

Taking a glance at insidethecbc.com ...







All the signs are there that this site is endorsed by the CBC.
Logos and trademarks, and even the content of the site is copyrighted by the CBC.
Yet the site and it's administrators are not bound by any policies of the CBC.
Sweet.

How would other CBC employees who want to blog about the CBC be entitled to these same privileges?

Tod Maffin must be pretty special, and a highly respected employee of the CBC to be accorded such a degree of "trust" in dealing with other staff and the public.
How did he qualify for such freedom?