Even in print media, canada or canadians are always written about negatively. I am not canadian, just making an observation. Also how do canadians feel about that.
2007-02-16 23:44:58 · 13 answers · asked by YA 1 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE BELIEVING WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE...DOES NOT ONLY APPLY TO CANADA......
IT'S PRESENT DAY APPROVED PROPAGANDA .......
2007-02-19 13:31:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Idol helps people who wouldn't normally have a chance at a music career, but it also makes a mockery out of people who have struggled for years to make it into the business. I have to admit, I watch the show every second season or so. Technology helps to make music more accessible, but it also helps to sell sub-par music. The authenticity of music has been lost. Most albums now are over-produced with machines doing most of the work. Haven't you ever heard a song and thought "Wow! That's a really good song and the artist has such a good voice!" and then heard the performer live and thought "What the hell is that screeching? That's not the same song or person singing it!". And it really isn't the same song or the same person singing it. The album/single was mostly mechanical, but because people don't pay to see machines on a stage, you have to suffer through the human version of a song. With the good comes the bad. If you want a good song or album you need to cover the performers voice with synthesizers and everything else because, let's face it, the talent pool has been drained. Shows like American/Canadian Idol give me hope that out there somewhere there are people who can really sing, and some of the contestants really can, and perform and that not all artists are pre-packaged-talentless crap like the Britney's and Jessica's of the world. And, just for the record, I believe that what hurts the music industry the most is the price of CD's and concerts. To be honest, I have only bought 1 CD in the past 5 years, not counting blanks. If the CD's were cheaper, I would buy more, that is if there were more bands/singers that were worth spending my hard-earned money on. I have only been to one show in 10 years, and I went only because I scored free tickets. I refuse to pay the $70 (or more) per ticket for a show that ends up sounding nothing like the music I hear on the radio or the CD. Sorry, but I can't justify spending $25, or more, on a CD that is mostly machine sung. Don't these performers have big enough houses in L.A., Malibu, Florida, New York, and wherever else they find prime real estate? Do they need to charge their fans so much? Do they really need 20 Rolex watches, 5 bottles of Cristal a day, a different car for everyday of the week, and a new purebred dog in every color to match every single one of the 50 designer purses they own? Until artists start singing honestly and performing to real bands instead of synthetic music tracks, and until they stop ripping off the fans and charging reasonable prices for their merchandise and performances, I'll spend my money on earplugs, thank you very much!
2016-03-28 23:51:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to be mean.. But i think its because all they know about Canada IS the negative stuff. They dont no a clue about canadians.. people in america dont even no that we have Provinces , NOT states..
Have u ever watched the show Talking to Americans.. Its Hilarious!!!!!!:)
For heaven sakes some americans thought that the canadian anthem went some like this...
O' Canada
We love beer and Hockey
.. etc etc
rEal version:
Oh canada
Our home and native land
etc
etc
I hate how when i watch the news and all americans talk about is stuff that is happening IN usa. AND if i do hear something about canada.. its negative( ironic)
Good observation ;D
2007-02-17 14:33:14 · answer #3 · answered by Hello. 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How is that any different than how they portray the US, as a bunch of psychotic gun toatin loonies. Shows like Americas most wanted; Unsolved Mysteries; even CSI would have everyone believing that if they go to the States, they will be shot at. The media, all over the world revel in taking the most pessimistic views, when was the last time you hear "good news"
2007-02-23 14:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do?
I lived in the States for a few years, and was amazed at how rarely anything about Canada came up. No wonder Americans tend to draw a blank when asked who our prime minister is, why socialised medicine doesn't suck, whether or not we live in igloos, etc, etc.
A quick search of washingtonpost.com brings up very little Canada-only news mentioning Canada, and very little that's headline news here.
Really -- if aliens landed in Ottawa and announced themselves as Québec separatists, it might hit page C26.
On one hand, we're just not that interesting to the rest of the world, and I like it that way. "Free and Fair Elections Held" does not make for great copy. Even 'The Economist,' which has great int'l coverage, doesn't have much to say about Canada -- and the stuff about the wheat board, lumber industry, etc, is not stuff wire services race for.
On the other, it's not as though the US media is bursting at the seams with stuff about other Western countries. Why publicise stuff like good parental leave policies, health care for all, a lack of slums and crime, and so on, to people who -- well, mainstream America isn't the most receptive audience when it comes to anything that smells even remotely of socialism, or greater success than itself. That 'greatest country in the world' stuff dies hard.
2007-02-17 04:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Probably because the media only reports the negative of most things, simply because the audience is more interested in the bad. People like to know/think that out there, someone has it worse, or somehow, they are better than someone.
2007-02-16 23:55:40 · answer #6 · answered by EarthMajik 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Inferiority Complex.
Propaganda Uplifting the States.
Beginning of Conspiracy Theories so that soon they can claim Canadians host terrorists, are terrorists, devil worshippers, AIDS carriers, Anti-Democratic, or all of the above. And that's just to keep their Military Budget flowing!
They're lucky they got Cirque Du Soleil, or they'd have been reformed by now!
And people might actually read this as cynica!
Ha!
2007-02-16 23:58:01 · answer #7 · answered by canguroargentino 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's not the American media, It's the Liberal media. All they ever report is the negative side of everything. Just look at how they report on the Iraq war! They never ever show any of the positive things that are happening in Iraq. All they show are the bombings in Bagdhad. I call the American Liberal main-stream media the "Doom and Gloom" media. And they always have something on there that's gonna kill us all. i.e. The Bird Flu, Trans Fats, Eggs.....THey are always trying to protect people from themselves! Do yourself a favor and watch the Fox New Network. They report the real news....usually.
2007-02-16 23:54:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I agree; propoganda. You have to make people think they are the best thing on earth and should fight other countries so they can be "just like you".
Because Canada is right beside the USA and we seem alike on the surface, the USA wants to show how different we are in their favour.
2007-02-17 05:16:18 · answer #9 · answered by Cariad 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We are used to it and most of us do not care because we know
different and whats the point of even losing sleep over it...
2007-02-24 14:54:52 · answer #10 · answered by darcy m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like knowing your cousin is better at everything you do so you try and make them look bad.
2007-02-17 08:42:50 · answer #11 · answered by Cherry_Blossom 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋