I’ve read the Canadian press from afar for about 20 years now and I suspect the author’s self-validating opinion about Canadian media and societal civility would be sorely tested if rabblerousing politicians in Quebec started making noise again about independence. 

Politics in the US has become more polarized and the recent election between the appalling Donald Trump and the duplicitous and corrupt Hillary Clinton hasn’t helped matters. That the major media organizations were in the tank for the Clinton campaign exacerbated the divide.

As for Rush Limbaugh, his conservatism is dwarfed by an enormous media business that is dominated by left wing major TV networks, Hollywood, popular culture icons, major newspapers, NPR, ESPN, etc.