While at the CBC, Lang's coverage ranged from the Occupy Movement,[8] to the high-profile NSA leak by Edward Snowden,[9] to questions of increasing wealth inequality.

[18] During Lang’s board tenure, the charity expanded its support of education around human trafficking and undertook a major strategic review of its priorities.

The book received positive reviews with high-profile individuals like Peter Mansbridge and David Chilton offering praise.

She illustrates this theory with stories of a wide range of successful individuals including business leaders and professional athletes.

[23] In 2011, Lang hosted a panel on CBC's The National where she was assigned to determine the credibility of then NDP leader Jack Layton's election platform.

"[24] According to the Ombudsman’s response, Mark Harrison, the executive producer of The National, noted that, “the feature in question did not focus on Layton, but was a broad segment on how the NDP was going to finance its promises.” He also noted that “the reporting decision was not Lang’s, but the program’s senior editors.”[25] In December 2014, media website Canadaland reported evidence that earlier that year Lang had provided favorable CBC coverage to two companies, Manulife and Sun Life, without disclosing to viewers that each company had recently paid her for speaking engagements.

[28] In the wake of the RBC stories, George Monbiot, a columnist for The Guardian, wrote on 20 January 2015, "It amazes me that [Lang] remains employed by CBC.

[31] Later that day, Lang conceded in a piece in The Globe and Mail that she should have made on-air disclosures about her connection to RBC and stated that she agreed with the speaking engagement ban.

[32] Jennifer McGuire, the general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, launched an investigation of Lang's reporting on RBC that analyzed her coverage since 2013.

Ms. McGuire also noted that, according to an external review conducted by Cormex, a media research firm, Lang's coverage of the banking sector showed "no evidence of partiality.