Thank you Hone for bringing this to attention. WikiLeaks, via the NY Times, has highlighted a very pressing issue for the Americans - they are being presented in a bad light by Canadian TV! I mean, North Korea - Canada... the same, really. Have a read of it! I love the sound of 'Little Mosque on the Prairie". Check out the (the very serious) conclusion:While there is no single answer to this trend, it does serve to demonstrate the importance of constant creative, and adequately-funded public-diplomacy engagement with Canadians, at all levels and in virtually all parts of the country [i.e. more propaganda - ed.]. We need to do everything we can to make it more difficult for Canadians to fall into the trap of seeing all U.S. policies as the result of nefarious faceless U.S. bureaucrats anxious to squeeze their northern neighbor. While there are those who may rate the need for [US Government] public-diplomacy programs as less vital in Canada than in other nations because our societies are so much alike, we clearly have real challenges here that simply must be adequately addressed.
Mate, it's just TV! Really, blame Canada!
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