and for that reason, I'd argue that it's not just important for Canadians to stop ingesting American news, but people in general should severely reduce even the tacit awareness of the goings on elsewhere in the world. Ignorance is bliss isn't taken far enough. I could have gone the entire last decade without knowing who the U.S president was, and I would have been probably better off, save for a few scant social situations where it would've been relevant.