The "news" are just another form of entertainment. And there a fraction of the entertainment going on in Canada that exists south of the border so people flock there.
That's why American news isn't about actual things that actually happen, it's not about political positions and legislation, it's instead mostly about fights between people, about who is scoring points against whom, and who is doing better in the polls, and we're all part of a team, and we hate the people who are on the other team.
It's sports, but easier to understand than football, quicker than baseball, and more violent than basketball.
Canadian media has been gutted, and nothing our government is doing actually works---or just fiddles with the knobs ever so slightly so that it appears as we're doing something, when the results are indistinguishable from the null.