Sunday, February 25, 2007
International Reporting Crisis
Pamela Constable makes a clear point about America's decline of diverse and deep international news coverage.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/editorial/16781205.htm
Among the points:
- TV stories report on limited regions of international crises, often because television stations shut down international offices.
- America sends thousands of troops abroad, and the American public remains ignorant to the globe diversity of regional historical backgrounds, culture, and crisis situations
- My favorite: "If newspapers stop covering the world, I fear we will end up with microscopic elite reading Foreign Affairs and a numbed nation watching terrorist bombings flash briefly among a barrage of commentary, crawls and celebrity gossip."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/editorial/16781205.htm
Among the points:
- TV stories report on limited regions of international crises, often because television stations shut down international offices.
- America sends thousands of troops abroad, and the American public remains ignorant to the globe diversity of regional historical backgrounds, culture, and crisis situations
- My favorite: "If newspapers stop covering the world, I fear we will end up with microscopic elite reading Foreign Affairs and a numbed nation watching terrorist bombings flash briefly among a barrage of commentary, crawls and celebrity gossip."
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