It's not a pretty answer. Basically the DRC conflict doesn't get mainstream media coverage because the victims are black Africans, and for the most part, people in US and Europe just don't care about what goes on in that part of the world. Israel gets more coverage because it's Israel, whose supporters are often wealthy and vocal. There are a tremendous number of people who think that the Jews are the chosen people and deserving of protection, and a lot of the people are in positions of influence, both political and in media.
What should Obama do about it? He need to fix his own house first. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > I just ran over this blog and let me warn you before hand, it mentions > Israel. The goal of the blog is to highlight the number of massive conflicts > going on in the world that are basically being ignored. The post that I saw > used a simple, visual size comparison to show the differences in deaths > between some conflicts. 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:290234 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
