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I really wish US media would cover international issues better. I haven't a clue what y'all are talking about, except that it has to do with relations with natives.
US new reports focus more on someone getting attacked by an alligator than what happens outside our borders.
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try reading the economist-- it runs $85 a year (student/teacher rate-- get the forms in the college office) its $125 per annum other wise-- and still worth every penny. it provides world coverage.. ie-- do you know what's happening with Agentina these days? or somolia? or macadonia? unless american get killed there-- it doesn't make the news. most network news teams now rely on BBC or others for foriegn "corespondents"-- they don't have any one any where.. so-- there is never any news from there.
You don't have to like it politics, but the NY Times is also pretty decent coverage of world affairs.. as does the International Herald Tribune-- which is a joint effort of NYT, Washington Post, and (i forget?--LA ?) but at least they have foriegn corespondents.
US News-- is that-- and the world report part is mostly business, not real reporting. the economist is pretty liberal too-- but since its more international, you might like it better than NYT.
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Thanks to a friend, I learned that a version of The Economist is available on-line--two, actually, that I get--for free. One Business, one Politics. Note, though--not ALL of the articles are available for free, but I'd say the majority are. Try economist.com--they don't come with a URL, or I'd put it.
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Good point about US news, Jazzo! It's all local hype, mostly. I guess, now, all the newsrooms, broadcast and print, believe it's more important than real news since they've been dishing it out for so long.
And talk about 'believing your own hype'...Al Jolson, a great American entertainer from the early 20th century also known as "The Jazz Singer" would actually dismiss the cast of a Broadway show he was starring in early in the evening, and then perform alone for the audience the rest of the night! But he could do it, too! "You ain't seen nothin', yet!" he would tell them. So, then, maybe this is arrogance rather than hype? I mean, if you can really do it you're not bullshitting anybody, right?
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