Canada's TV World is US-made

Abstract

At the very time the government cracks down on foreign news magazines, and the CRTC and the CBC work busily to purge Canadian broadcasting of foreign commercials and entertainment programs, there is a curious lack of concern about the foreign filters through which Canadians receive their television coverage of world affairs. This lack of concern about the foreign newsfilm which is so prevalent on Canadian television is puzzling especially in light of the many surveys which show that more people learn about news from television than from any other medium, and that more people believe television's version of the news than they do any other medium's version. It would seem logical, in a country concerned about the maintenance of more than the semblance of independence, that the need for Canadiangathered and filtered news is more important than the need for Canadian-produced light entertainment--but such is not the priority of most Canadians who are concerned with the quality of their television broadcasting.