Colin, it is all about "spin"... nothing more - don't try to play me as Anti-American. That is just talking shit to waste time. Keep going there, and I will drop out of the discussion. Is it possible to comment on anything american without being branded "anti-american"?
It is about what is considered "important" and what isn't. It really sucks that people die in those places without any notice, and yet "Bob stubbed his toe in Congress today" is a four minute story. The whitehouse doesn't comment on it, the news media decides not to pick it up because there is no "american interest" (not american interests) in the story, and people go on dying without any comment. It is sad because too often, the list of stories / agenda of the news is set by what came from Washington, not what is actually going on in the world.
There is actually a national TV chain in Canada (Global) that has a reported in the gulf, and their tagline is "the only news from the gulf that hasn't been approved by Pentagon". I laughed when I heard that today.
Alex
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