At American news stations, in contrast, politics is covered with the urgency of Armageddon and the flair of reality TV.

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If you have some beloved Boomers in your life, chances are you know one like my father-in-law. The kind who spends much of their retirement with a near constant stream of CNN playing in the background. The kind who could tell you where the governor of Arizona went to college, but who would struggle to name more than one or two Canadian cabinet ministers.

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When I have dared to ask why he watches CNN instead of a news network focused on, say,........

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