Iran Air Crash

Paul Watson

Brit wrote: Wow. So you're saying that a news agency will report more diligently on distasters in their own country? Unbelievable! Har. Har. I do not live in America or Iran, Brit. My point is that if the accident had been American then I, living in South Africa, would have heard about it all day everyday for two weeks solid with a CNN anchor in my bedroom almost. But because it was Iranian, it got mild coverage and quickly sank. That is FUBAR. The FUBAR bit is that we rely on the American news agencies (and American driven news agencies like Reuters) too much. They obviously report on American topics, and they should, they are American, let them. But then we, Other Countries, should have our own network so that we can get the news relevant to us. We are pathetic for not having it and are suffering under our American-bias.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er

peterchen

Paul Watson wrote: 1. Child down hole in ground ahhh... you've seen 12 Monkeys? *g*

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Alvaro Mendez

Paul Watson wrote: Not everyone wants democracy. True, those that don't should be locked up, pretty much like they are now. :-) Paul Watson wrote: And also even if everyone did want democracy forming a rule of law that would cater for every single culture on Earth is near impossible. Hindus have very different requirements to say Mormoms. That may be true, but I believe people from all those cultures are living quite happily in the US and other free countries around the world. Wait, there is one thing they don't like: having to learn a foreign language. But even that goes to show the sacrifices many people are willing to make to live in a free society. I haven't heard of many people seeking a better life in North Korea. Regards, Alvaro

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain

ColinDavies

Seriously I think any news agency must think about how much they can milk a story for. American advertisers generally target americans with money. So most of the bandwidth in the world goes to what will be interesting to that group. Imagine a story "Identical Twin child stuck down a hole". The shots of the above ground twin would be worth a fortune, and quite inexpensive to procure compared to covering an Iranian air disaster. It might seem sad it might seem callous but that's life. Sept 11 had spectacular coverage because of its location and simbolism. But who cared when Tikiopia dissapeared ? Regardz Colin J Davies

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I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

Paul Watson

Alvaro Mendez wrote: True, those that don't should be locked up, pretty much like they are now. No wonder non-westerners hate us. When we have attitudes like that. Alvaro Mendez wrote: That may be true, but I believe people from all those cultures are living quite happily in the US and other free countries around the world Not entirely true. Many "get by" in American society because their countries are worse off. Their ideal is not the American way. You were talking ideals with your "one world government" post.

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er

Paul Watson

Colin Davies wrote: But who cared when Tikiopia dissapeared ? We did! :-D Glad to hear they were not wiped out as us "oh no high winds!" fearing westerners thought. Colin Davies wrote: It might seem sad it might seem callous but that's life. Nooo, not my point. I don't think it is callous. It isn't. I should have put in my original post that it is the rest of the worlds fault for this FUBAR media situation, not Americas. We rely on them too much. We should gather our own news. "Local is lekker" is a saying we have. Local is "nice".

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er

ColinDavies

The news here is crud also Paul, but we don't blame South Africa for that. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

Paul Watson

Colin Davies wrote: The news here is crud also Paul, but we don't blame South Africa for that. I am not blaming New Zealand for the crud news here in SA either. I blame SA news channels for being dependant on CNN, AP and the American driven Reuters. :) p.s. Saw that post about Iraq and Al-Qaeda on the Soapbox. You are such a trouble maker :-D

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er

ColinDavies

Paul Watson wrote: I am not blaming New Zealand for the crud news here in SA either. Yes, isolate your blame to the Black caps :-) :-) I think its healthy to debate and discuss issues even if playing the part of the devil's advocate is necessary. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

HENDRIK R

brianwelsch wrote: Actually, last night I was watching American Idol*. Well, there's currently the first season of pop idol running here on tv. There're 3 people left and only 2 of them are capable of singing;) So it's quite interesting to see who's gonna win...

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Megan Forbes wrote: Malcolm in the Middle OK, it's not really my taste, but I've still only seen the German translation, and these are mostly worse than the original ones :(

HENDRIK R

Thx ... I'll have a look :)