Fox Apologises, Canada’s Interest Returns To Hockey
Canada breathed a sigh of relief as the host of FNC’s Red Eye apologised for last week’s satirical segment on Canada’s military and its efforts in Afghanistan. Timing in comedy is everything and Canadian hackles were raised by the sketch’s appearance in a week that saw four Canadians killed while in service against the Taliban.
I don’t think Canadians were aware of the program’s existence before now…probably a lot of Americans were similarly in the dark. In normal circumstances the issue might have garnered 20 seconds on the news and would have been treated as simply another example of Fox ineptness or lame late night comedy but the timing…timing is everything after all.
At any rate, the issue is already dying down and my American friends need not fear a repeat of the 1812 shellacking…your White House is safe. 
Back to hockey.
