I hear about the crazy horrible stuff going down in the Congo on NPR pretty regularly.
Crazy because it's been a literal hell for so long. PBS ain't mainstream. -- And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. Julien Benda On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Maureen wrote: > > 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 medi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:290236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
