My mother doesn't notice when I switch channels on the TV. I'm flipping back and forth between CNN, that she insists on watching all night ("The Iranian president is about to talk soon!"), and Animal Planet, where they're showing 'Animal Cops Houston'.
The fact that she doesn't notice me switching channels right in front of her eyes has nothing to do with age or absent mindedness. Nope, though she's retired, she's really not that type of a senior.
It's simply because she's not used to American TV. Tons of commercials, fast paced editing, different shots and angles, and short-short-short news segments. Not exactly like TV in the old country, Sweden, where there are no interruptions and where the news anchors don't smile.
Anyway, this enables me to check out Animal Planet without protest. Flip to Animal Planet - Texan cops picking up abandoned dogs from parking lots - flip to CNN - Anderson Cooper reporting on new terror threats - flip back - Texan cops raiding a trailer park with roosters used for fighting - flip -Anderson Cooper talking about dangerous prescription drugs on the market - flip - Texan cops saving emaciated horses on a farm - flip - Anderson Cooper telling us that the Iranian president canceled his scheduled appearance on CNN. Huh? No interview after all this?
My mother concludes: "American news is really stupid."
She's flying back to Sweden in a couple of days which gives us a few more nights of CNN / Animal Planet.
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