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> the opinion of the USA is not great right now The "opinion" of the USA has never been great, ever since our country was founded. And yet we're the only ones

by jb775 6y ago

> the opinion of the USA is not great right now The "opinion" of the USA has never been great, ever since our country was founded. And yet we're the only ones everyone talks about. And our culture and policies and businesses and finances permeate the world. And people are literally dying trying to get in. And then we need to save the world from one of their crazy dictators and the cycle restarts all over again.

refurb 6y ago
I've noticed this too. Currently visiting Canada and I'd say 70% of the national news coverage is the US which I found really weird. Is there not enough going on in Canada or other parts of the world? And the best part is the Canadian PM is embroiled in a big scandal, but it's getting less coverage than Covid in the US. Oh and this article is a fantastic example of that. Why would the CBC decide this is a topic worth writing about?
- smegger001 6y ago
  Its a population issue. the US is very close culturally, and has a overwhelmingly larger population. California alone has more people the the entity of Canada.
  - refurb 6y ago
    Completely understand that the US is more relevant to Canada than say European countries, but I guess the coverage is way more than I would expect. I could see covering the major news stories out of the US, but seems to go far beyond that. If you watched the first 20 min of a 30 min national Canadian news show, I'd argue you'd have a hard time telling it apart from US national news shows. And to be honest, I think it would be great if Canada covered other important international news out of Asia or Europe. Just my two cents.
    - smegger001 6y ago
      hell I wish US news covered more international news
JSavageOne 6y ago
When was the last time we "saved the world"? When we invaded Iraq? Vietnam? Assassinated the the democratically elected leaders of Iran, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile? Seems to me that the world would prefer less "saving the world" on the US's behalf.
- smegger001 6y ago
  I think it was when we over-through democratically elected governments to save the world from marginally more expensive Bananas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...

by jb775 6y ago

refurb 6y ago

I've noticed this too. Currently visiting Canada and I'd say 70% of the national news coverage is the US which I found really weird. Is there not enough going on in Canada or other parts of the world? And the best part is the Canadian PM is embroiled in a big scandal, but it's getting less coverage than Covid in the US. Oh and this article is a fantastic example of that. Why would the CBC decide this is a topic worth writing about?

smegger001 6y ago
Its a population issue. the US is very close culturally, and has a overwhelmingly larger population. California alone has more people the the entity of Canada.
- refurb 6y ago
  Completely understand that the US is more relevant to Canada than say European countries, but I guess the coverage is way more than I would expect. I could see covering the major news stories out of the US, but seems to go far beyond that. If you watched the first 20 min of a 30 min national Canadian news show, I'd argue you'd have a hard time telling it apart from US national news shows. And to be honest, I think it would be great if Canada covered other important international news out of Asia or Europe. Just my two cents.
  - smegger001 6y ago
    hell I wish US news covered more international news

JSavageOne 6y ago

When was the last time we "saved the world"? When we invaded Iraq? Vietnam? Assassinated the the democratically elected leaders of Iran, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile? Seems to me that the world would prefer less "saving the world" on the US's behalf.

smegger001 6y ago
I think it was when we over-through democratically elected governments to save the world from marginally more expensive Bananas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...