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Ha! I don't see this a jacking the thread rather I think it is a key issue to understanding how Americans act the way they do, politically speaking.
The major media sources in Canada are:
TV: CTV, CBC and Global as well as all the US channels cable and terrestrial
Magazines: Maclean's is our Time Magazine... but we also get all of the US magazines. Time includes a number of pages devoted to Canadian issues
Newspapers: There are two national daily papers: The Globe and Mail and the National Post. They are both centre right style papers though the Post in the past, when owned by Conrad Black was a lot more neo-con than conservative.
We can also get US papers, if one wants them, by going to the bookstore. Though it's easier to get them online these days.
I'd say the big difference is that we have a lot more access to American press than vice-versa. I can watch local news out of Buffalo (should I want to see all about the fires in Tanawanda) or I can watch Foxnews, CNN, the Daily Show or MSNBC just as easily as I can watch CTV, Global or CBC.
There are plenty more publications and broadcasters, not to mention radio (which is where I get most of my news -- I love As It Happens on the Radio One, I think NPR carries it).
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