Id be interested to hear what non US citizens thought of this movie

Greets,
It is interesting to me how much me and my friends talk about American politics. Obviously if you are interested in the politics of the world at all you will follow what goes on stateside, and it is definitely more dramatic than the politics of smaller nations, but there is more to it than that. I think people are genuinely concerned. For all these reasons I found outfoxed fascinating.
Im from Ireland, where we have what I think is a fairly neutral and unbaised national news network, RTE. Like alot of small nations (where nothing much seems to happen) the Irish take a larger interest in world affairs than say Americans do(having bigger domestic issues) and RTE also reflects this in its news.
I was *shocked* watching Bill O'Rielly (and embarrassed I might add, sharing an Irish name with this guy) and his aggressive, hectoring and thuggish way of dealing with his "guests". I can honestly say that if any Irish news broadcaster told a guest to "shut up" on air in that tone, there would be numerous complaints and I would imagine his/her career would be in question. Some of the crude humour and obvious personal attacks on politicians made my stomach turn, and also wouldnt be acceptable in any Irish media. I was left wondering how any American (down-to-earth rational people as I have met them on my travels) could watch this stuff, and the scary thought was the only explanation is that America is an extremely divided and partisan country at the moment.
Is Irish news just an abberation? What happens in your part of the world?

regards,
ed.