tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post6841476371115671147..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: Wikileaked: "Canadian TV Shows are Anti-American"Lost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-70988987409047853352010-12-02T10:03:49.302-05:002010-12-02T10:03:49.302-05:00Well, it's certainly not difficult to understa...Well, it's certainly not difficult to understand how some Americans would see Canadians (and the Canadian entertainment business and media) being 'anti-American,' especially when confronted with evidence like that subversive and propagandizing television sitcom, <a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/unauthorized/2010/12/01/americans-be-vigilant-little-mosque-just-tip-canadian-iceberg" rel="nofollow"><i>Little Mosque on the Prairie</i></a>(which, doncha know, is all about Muslims!!).<br /><br />Since the Regan administration's quashing of the FCC's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine" rel="nofollow">Fairness Doctrine</a> (which required broadcasters to to present controversial issues of public importance in a manner which was honest, equitable and balanced), many Americans have a distorted view of reality promulgated by increasingly <a href="http://mediamatters.org/search/index?qstring=fox+news&x=0&y=0" rel="nofollow">'Fair and Balanced'</a> partisan media outlets.<br /><br />Canadians are fortunate to have a source of less biased information in their <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/12/01/wikileaks-wilkins-canada.html" rel="nofollow">national broadcaster</a>, and generally have a clearer idea of the extent of American militarism, paranoia, political and financial corruption. ('State-sponsored' media is, of course, anathema to many, many Americans).Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-1469557777695127802010-12-02T08:58:04.636-05:002010-12-02T08:58:04.636-05:00Rude border guards?Rude border guards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com