Canadians - is this true??????

[hammersley]

I just heard on Bill Oreilly's show that FOX network is not allowed in Canada? Is that true? He also questioned someone about Satellite TV if there are networks "Banned" like FOX???? Help shed some light on this... .

 

[nickleinonen]

i get fox here in markham, ontario [buffalo ny one]... and if i get the old rabbit ears out, i can pick up the fox station coming out of buffalo ny over the antenna

 

[The patriot]

Guess that means it's true.....

I heard you can get him if you have sattelite.

Ahhh yes, the thought police are alive and well.....

Eric

 

[willyslover]

the Libs control Canada. . what else would you expect

 

[nickleinonen]

i have basic cable tv and i get fox, and both the major canadian satallite providers have fox on them...

 

[Sled Puller]

I heard there is only one road in Canada, and the cars have square wheels, is that true?

 

[DSteinel]

you've been watching too much Southpark Gene!

 

[nickleinonen]

well we have one real long road... that is just a few miles from my house... and the wheels are oval, not square :-laf

 

[The patriot]

Youz talk funny too.



Eric

 

[Sled Puller]

Southpark tells no lies!!!

 

[klenger]

I remember that during the Iranian hostage crisis in the mid 70's, that Canada was instrumental in getting the hostages out. Thank you.



On a lighter note, what was the John Candy movie that took place in Canada? They were driving a truck with all this anti-Canada graffiti on it, and were pulled over by the mounties for not posting the graffiti in French and English.

 

[nascar mark]

I heard Cartman can run faster than Gene's truck.

 

[Bill Lins]

Eh?

 

[mazdarotary]

That John Candy movie was called Canadian Bacon. It was one of his last movies before he died. I liked that movie it was pretty funny. There was also a scene in the movie where they were arguing over what was the capital of canada. Toronto was what everybody thought including Candy's character but we all know that the capital is Ottawa. Funny stuff. Man it is too bad Candy died so young I miss his humor.



Chris

 

[MVaden]

The fox News Channel (FNC) is not allowed in Canada. It's been a topic of discussion for several nights in a row on The Orielly Factor with Bill Orielly.



You can get the Fox network in Canada, which is owned by the same Co. but has completely different programming. Fox News Channel is a 24 hour all news station that is considered to conservative for the canadian public to view. The Canadian Government is scared that people might hear and see the truth and and start to form their own opinions.



Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:45 a. m. EDT



Canada Wants Its Fox News



"Why is Fox News banned from Canada, yet CNN isn't?"



Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun poses this question in his latest article.



He isn't sure if it's because Canada is more accepting of the liberal-leaning CNN, or if it's just because CNN was there first and is sort of 'grandfathered in,' so to speak.



Either way, Fox News has blown away the competition here in the U. S. , and Worthington says he feels "withdrawal pangs" after returning to a Fox-free Canada. "I find Fox News an invaluable balance to CNN programming," he says.



When he called up his cable company to find out why Fox News isn't available, his answer was a chuckle: "Ask the CRTC or, better still, ask the CCTA (Canadian Cable Television Association). "



Worthington tells readers that Canada's governing CRTA has had an application from the CCTA to allow Fox News into the Great White North's TV system, but the CRTA has not done anything about it. "We don't understand how the CRTC can keep denying Canadians the right to have Fox News," said a CCTA spokesman.



The BBC and Euro News are both in Canada, and one can listen to Rush Limbaugh and others who don't lean left on the radio, if you can pick it up from a U. S. station.



But there is no alternative to the liberal media establishment in Canada, and that's apparently the way they like it, if the Globe and Mail's TV critic John Doyle is any measure.



He wrote that Fox News should be aired in Canada ... "so that we can all take a look, and get a laugh. "



Worthington dismisses Doyle as childish, wondering how the G&M can even print his infantile tripe.



He concludes by saying that he wants Fox News in Canada as soon as possible, "not just for the amusement of Canadians like John Doyle, but their intellectual edification. "



"Trust me," he says, "Fox News is not pathologically conservative or right wing. It is mostly sensible, and airs opinions from people who aren't afraid to challenge prevailing orthodoxy or think differently. Small wonder Liberals and the CRTC fear it. "

 

[Mr.Goat]

Your very well versed on Canadian issues for a fella from Texas. How much time have you spent in Canada? Or are you a transplanted Canadian.

And for the rest you guy's, as we speak Red Green is working on the round wheel theory. Pete

 

[Sled Puller]

Originally posted by nascar mark

I heard Cartman can run faster than Gene's truck.

You mean Hammers new truck?



I have heard rumors about this Rdgreen conspiracy, but have yet to see the evidence!

 

[MVaden]

"When all else fails, play dead, eh?"

 

[Coalsmoke]

Ranger Gord rocks!!!

 

[nickleinonen]

Originally posted by Coalsmoke

Ranger Gord rocks!!!

my job reminds me of winston rothchild's job [chitty sucky job :-laf}