Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Yet CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC are still on the air.
Which goes to show MANY like you do like to be lied to.
All those media outlets suck, and I don't watch any of them, with the exception of the CBS Evening News, the best of the three major mainstream outlets. The media in this country is deeply flawed, and if one had any doubt, the run up to the invasion of Iraq serves as proof. One must turn to alternative sources for the real story, not a 30 second soundbite of infotainment.
The problem with my theory is too many, especially most conservatives, turn to outlets that are far worse than the mainstream media, and preach outright propaganda, and one of these is FOX News.
Once again, Canadians prove to be smarter than their southern neighbors. After attempting to mainstream rightwing propaganda in Canada, the 4 year experiment fails, and the Sun News Network fades to black.
Okay I don't really care but I'm bored. So I thought I'd go ahead and see if the Democratic Party's preferred soapbox has a Canadian outlet. Here's what I found out:
MSNBC Canada:
Launched September 7, 2001
Closed December 1, 2004
Sun News Network:
Launched April 18, 2011
Closed February 13, 2015
Apparently both "for Canada in Canada" experiments have failed miserably. Fox's attempt at a "in Canada for Canada" news channel survived a few months longer than MSNBC's. Looks like Canada isn't interested in all our hot air and BS about politics. They'd rather get their Canadian news from Canadian news sources.
The United States version of both Fox News and MSNBC are currently aired in Canada and have been for a long time.
They don't have to worry about bankruptcy if they have a medical emergency. They are not whipped into a frothing frenzy by a menagerie of rightwing whack jobs on the internet, television and radio like they are in this country. If the intent of conservatives is to break down government and privatize everything for maximum profit, including driving wages down and eliminating any and all social safety nets (social security, affordable healthcare, pension plans, etc.) , then what is left are angry, poor people working paycheck to paycheck.
Most Canadians can listen to right wing whack jobs to their hearts content on the Internet, and even TV or radio since 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US-Canada and are within the signal range of stations just across the US border. This true for TV in Southern Ontario, Vancouver and Victoria BC .ad radio in Montreal QB,Moncton NB and Halifax NS.
"hey don't have to worry about bankruptcy if they have a medical emergency."
But some Canadians come here for treatment. Why
.1% of Canadians have EVER gone to the USA for medical treatments according to StatsCan. That's POINT ONE %!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you have any idea how many Yankees come here for medical treatments?
Americans Filching Free Health Care in Canada
TORONTO, Dec. 19— Lacking a national health care system of their own, thousands of Americans are tapping into Canada's -- illegally.
"It's not an epidemic in any one person's practice," said Keith MacLeod, an obstetrician in Windsor, Ontario, across from Detroit, "but I would estimate that from 12 to 20 of my patients at any one time are ineligible Americans. And I'm just one of 520 doctors in Windsor, 23,000 in Ontario."
Dr. MacLeod, former president of the Essex County Medical Society, delivers about 400 babies a year.
A report prepared for Ontario's Health Minister indicated that from August 1992 to February 1993, 60,000 medical claims had been made on behalf of patients who held American drivers' licenses. The total number of improper claims in Ontario was estimated at 600,000.
Only legal residents qualify for free medical care in Canada, using plastic health cards for identification. Others are supposed to pay for medical services they may require, but many are submitting counterfeit, borrowed or fradulently obtained cards.
Loopholes and the lack of stringent controls are costing the provincial health care system as much as $691 million a year, the Ontario report found.
Speaking from experience, when you gloat, you will pay for it.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
