The media covers what they think people will watch. Mass-murder in Africa is not really at the top of the list. The Rwandan conflict received coverage simply for the shocking brutality and quickness of it, otherwise we might never have even heard of it. The rest of the world has, in some sense, written off Africa until they can sort out their internal problems themselves. The Middle East is culturally important to people in the Americas and Europe in a way that Africa is not. People want to know what is going on there.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Michael D wrote: > > The standard question comes up. Why are some of > these conflicts almost totally ignored by the media? > > http://stealthconflicts.wordpress.com/2009/02/21/death-toll-comparisons/ > > And just to make all this really interesting, what should Obama do about > them? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
