Dear CBC National and CTV NewsNet:

 

If I want to watch American news and events I will turn to CNN, or Fox News, or one of the many other American cable stations that come into my apartment on the wire.

 

I do not expect to tune to the 10:00PM CBC National edition and see the the “National News” has been replaced by blow by friggen blow analysis and discussion of the speech that Hillery Clinton is expected to give to the DNC sometime within the next 30 minutes as the lead…. followed by the speech itself.

 

It is not “National News”.

 

I also do not expect to tune to CTV NewsNet (because there is no friggen news on CBC) and find exactly the same friggen thing, punctuated by little bits and pieces of Michelle Obama’s talk to the DNC last night - I didn’t watch it then, and I am not interested now.

 

Quite frankly I could care less what Hillery Clinton has to say to the DNC, is there absolutely nothing of importance happening in Canada today?

• Nothing about the Governor Generals being politely asked to stay home for the next little while?
• Nothing about the leaders of the various political parties ramping up the election rhetoric?
• Nothing about a Prime Minister getting ready to sidestep the legislation he fronted just a year ago?
• Nothing about “delayed” or canceled election promises?
• Nothing about Arctic sovereignty?
• Nothing about carbon taxes at home and how they will affect the common folk?

I have been forced to turn to Green Force (a community gardening show on HGTV) and will tune to the Comedy Network at 11:00PM to catch The Daily Show - no Canadian content there either, but at least it’s palatable watching.

 

I think it is fairly safe to say that Canadians watch the Canadian news for Canadian content, and on this night we are not amused.

 

In the future please guide yourselves accordingly.

 

 

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