I am Canadian. The coverage of US affairs that we receive on our nightly national news broadcasts often varies from the official US news stories broadcast on American television. I have access to cable and have watched the main US networks along with CNN for a few years now and I can attest to the difference. You can watch our broadcasts online and see the difference.
The publically owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) offers in-depth programming on its' nightly news show,
"The National". Regular news stories are covered during the first 20 - 30 minutes and are followed by 30 minutes of in-depth, documentary style reporting. CBC has won many awards over the years for its' documentaries and has a reputation for excellence in this field. The network also offers many interesting, investigative journalism types of programs that might be interest to you as well: The Passionate Eye, The Fifth Estate and Disclosure, to name a few.
(Note: I am not affiliated with any of these networks. I'm just a news junkie.)
We also have 2 other nightly national broadcasts offered by privately owned networks which are more right-leaning: CTV, which also has an online feed, and Global TV, which only offers online video of certain stories. Both of these networks offer the standard, half-hour news format.
This evening, The National featured a story on what's really going on in Iraq - in stark contrast to what Bush and Allawi have been saying. (Just click on the link and go to approx. 34:00 on the RealPlayer stream or watch the whole show if you like). That's what prompted me to write this diary. I thought the Canadian media perspective might be of interest to some who have not experienced it.
Please feel free to add links in this diary to foreign media sites. I have a long list, but I'd like to hear from you as well.