Actually, it’s Sun News, a Conservative Canadian News Channel, which launched today, eh:
Canada’s first right-wing 24-hour television news network was launched Monday promising to shake up Canadians’ views on politics and the day’s events.
But the Quebecor-owned Sun News Network assailed by critics as “Fox News North” continues to suffer from staffing slip-ups and still has not sorted out its distribution.
The specialty channel aims to “challenge the English Canadian TV news establishment,” Quebec media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau said last year when he unveiled plans for the network.
“Far too many Canadians are tuning out completely or changing their dials to American all-news channels,” he said. “Quebecor sees an untapped market opportunity in English Canadian TV news.”
Sun News Network said it would provide Canadians with “hard news” during the day, and opinion and analysis in evening broadcasts, or as its slogan touts “hard news and straight talk.”
This is a good move by Canadians to fill a void in their MSM, especially in light of the upcoming Federal Election next month, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Tories look to form a Majority Government on Parliament Hill, eh.
I’ll bet Peter Mansbridge is quaking in his loafers, eh. But what will Don Cherry do? Best wishes to Sun News and may they give the CBC a real run for the money, eh!
Let’s ask our Canadian Friends to sound off as to their opinion of this news network. Hopefully, they will have access to it. If they don’t…Demand It, eh.
Tags: Canadian Federal Election 2011, CBC, Conservative Party of Canada, Don Cherry, Fox News, Peter Mansbridge, Stephen Harper, Sun News
