Interestingly enough, Rwanda is about 75% christian with only 1% muslim. I wonder if that figures into the coverage.
On Mar 3, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > 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:290261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
