Wednesday, April 14, 2004
British Home Improvement and Canadian News
We've got some new channels on our TV, and now I can combine 2 of my favorite things -- armchair travel and home redesign shows -- by watching fabulous British home improvement shows. Garden Rivals, Changing Rooms, and House Invaders are all similar to their American counterparts, but somewhat less flashy. Their hosts and designers a bit less over-the-top than Paige Davis and the designers on Trading Spaces, and the designers actually listen to the guests' ideas about how to redesign their friends' house.
On the other side of the spectrum, I now also have access to international news channels. If you haven't seen these, you really should. I find 2 things amazing: (a) how much more appropriate the tone of these news channels is, with real newspeople instead of newsmodels like we have, and (b) how much our newsmodels are not telling us about what's going on in the world, particularly Iraq. My favorite is News World International, which is produced by CBC (Canadian Broadcating Co.).
We've got some new channels on our TV, and now I can combine 2 of my favorite things -- armchair travel and home redesign shows -- by watching fabulous British home improvement shows. Garden Rivals, Changing Rooms, and House Invaders are all similar to their American counterparts, but somewhat less flashy. Their hosts and designers a bit less over-the-top than Paige Davis and the designers on Trading Spaces, and the designers actually listen to the guests' ideas about how to redesign their friends' house.
On the other side of the spectrum, I now also have access to international news channels. If you haven't seen these, you really should. I find 2 things amazing: (a) how much more appropriate the tone of these news channels is, with real newspeople instead of newsmodels like we have, and (b) how much our newsmodels are not telling us about what's going on in the world, particularly Iraq. My favorite is News World International, which is produced by CBC (Canadian Broadcating Co.).
// posted by Margaret @ 8:12 AM 
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