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Fox News North channel set to launch in Canada | Reuters
Like a fetid virus that no one wants to contract, Fox is spreading north of the border, courtesy of Canada's very own neo-con party, and brought to you by the biggest tabloid whore corporation in Canada: Sun TV. That's right, Canadian tax dollars will be footing the bill for this filth. Our news that has always been centrist or left of centre is now going to become far, far left thanks to the spin doctors of Rupert Murdock.
I just hope Canadians have more sense than to rely on it for viable information.
In a bid to shake up Canadian broadcasting, media company Quebecor Inc QRBb.TO says it will launch a 24-hour conservative news and comment channel that many observers are already dubbing "Fox News North".
Quebecor said on Tuesday it has applied for a three-year license for the proposed English-language Sun TV News channel and if successful, would start broadcasting on Jan. 1, 2011.
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"We're taking on the mainstream media. We're taking on smug, condescending, often irrelevant journalism, we're taking on political correctness," said Teneycke, promising a mix of hard news reporting and opinion journalism.
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One of the slogans on the Sun TV News website is "Join the fight" and Teneycke said the channel would be "unapologetically patriotic" and "controversially Canadian".
Like a fetid virus that no one wants to contract, Fox is spreading north of the border, courtesy of Canada's very own neo-con party, and brought to you by the biggest tabloid whore corporation in Canada: Sun TV. That's right, Canadian tax dollars will be footing the bill for this filth. Our news that has always been centrist or left of centre is now going to become far, far left thanks to the spin doctors of Rupert Murdock.
I just hope Canadians have more sense than to rely on it for viable information.