During one of the Gulf Wars I was living within range of the CBC. I was shocked--shocked, I tell you--to find out that, contrary to what U.S. news led me to believe, there were other countries beside the U.S. and whoever we were bombing involved. And I was stunned to discover, also thanks to the CBC, that the U.S. competed against other countries in the Olympics. After American coverage, I'd figured U.S. athletes only competed against each other because I heard nothing about athletes from elsewhere.