These days I find myself looking to Al Jazeera English for up to the minute news from around the world. Realizing that American news has biased us toward this news agency, I searched out some history and current information, only to discover that journalists from Canada and Britain are heavily involved with Al Jazeera. I wrote an article for Suite101 summarizing what I had discovered, and predictably, there was an angry post from a reader prophesizing the "Islamification" of Canada. I do believe Canadians are able to read diverse perspectives without becoming Americanized, Catholicized, Paganicized or otherwiseified.
Here is a link to my aricle:
http://www.suite101.com/content/al-jazeera-in-canada--a-welcome-voice-a345965
Noam Chomsky is an American with another take on North American culture, one which sees global dominance as an American quest. This book was written a few years ago, but Noam's perspective on current affairs can be found on his blog:
http://www.zcommunications.org/blog/noamchomsky
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