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[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

At least with American news i know its going to be uplifting and positive. I know nothing will be bad or badmouth anything, because then they would be off the air.

I really need to go back up to Canada to se what we're importing over the TV there, because that sure doesn't sound like anything I see on the news...

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

I really need to go back up to Canada to se what we're importing over the TV there, because that sure doesn't sound like anything I see on the news...

You dont see CBC my friend. It would make your eyes cry. Yes, your eyes. They would cry independantly from the rest of you.

Canadian news is how americans would say "uncensored" although it is, but on CBC, they show the dead and bloody corpses, they show all the malnurished people, they show all the children that have lost limbs due to the war.

And i was serious in saying that is why i watch American news, because with american news i know i wont be seeing as much, if not none of those.

And what do you mean "youre importing?"

Are you referring to the fact that America somehow owns CBC?

Or are you talking about the fact that CBC covers the war?

I wont be here to find your answer any time soon, but i'll look for it when i get back.

So there is no point in you posting a snarky comment that questions my country and my beliefs and is directed at me, for you will be waitng a while for an answer.

[Professor S]

Calm down, Typoid. I really meant "exporting" not "importing" and it has nothing to do with the US owning the CBC or Canada or anything. You Canadians are so sensitive

I do have a question about the CBC though. Do they report any of the good things that are going on over there like the 5,000 small businesses that have been registered in the last year or that the jobless rate has dropped from 70% to 20% over the last 6 months through the hard work of both the Iraqi government and coalition forces? Something tells me the CBC may have an agenda in their reporting... then again that kind of stuff doesn't get mainstream press down here either.

[Dylflon]

They show the good stuff too. They show everything.

The reason a lot more people support the war in America is that a lot of people aren't seeing the terrible things that have happened.

We've seen it all.

So some Americans say we're biased when it comes to the war but that's not fair because we've seen pretty much everything that's happened there while American news channels just pump out the good stuff.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

So some Americans say we're biased when it comes to the war but that's not fair because we've seen pretty much everything that's happened there while American news channels just pump out the good stuff.

I will repeat once again, what good stuff? I'll give you that maybe the US stations aren't showing dismembered corpses but I still don't see how US news stations are showing nothing but good stuff... not in the least.

[Rumpelstilzchen]

If all you Canadians watch is American news... and you still hate the war... then how is the American news promoting the war? As you can see from what you watch, American media is just against the war as any other, but has the decency not to display corpses more than once a day.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Rumpelstilzchen

If all you Canadians watch is American news... and you still hate the war... then how is the American news promoting the war? As you can see from what you watch, American media is just against the war as any other, but has the decency not to display corpses more than once a day.

The only reason why a lot of Canadians watch American stations is because the US is the dominant influence here (just as it is in every other modern country). No one cares about Canadian TV here, let alone Canadian news. The only time I actually heard people (my age at least) talk about Canadian news was when there was the issue of decriminalizing weed. Go figure.

And what's with the "Canadians hate the war"? I know a lot of people that are for it. And not every Canadian on this board hates the war either. I don't at least, somewhat anyway, I see two sides to the war in Iraq. In fact, I'd say there are just as many Canadians for the war than Americans (in proportion, that is, not in actual numbers... which may not be a lot considering a lot of people are liberal). Canada has liberal people, do does America.

And I don't know what you guys are talking about when you say CBC shows all the corpses. Even if it does... what happens in war is real. Death and blood is that reality.

[Joeiss]

I don't think CBC is too graphic....

CBC is great though. I love watching Newsworld too. I watch CNN too because honestly, America is just more interesting right now.