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[claire]

Logic1, you are right, as far as American news sources go, the rest of the world doesn't exist or at least rarely and you can totally forget about the southern hemisphere. Again another reason why I like the BBC.

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[Logic1]

Logic1, you are right, as far as American news sources go, the rest of the world doesn't exist or at least rarely and you can totally forget about the southern hemisphere. Again another reason why I like the BBC.

All good conversations drift from their original topic.

Why is that?. I mean I know you will find news from Iraq or Afghanistan since you have an interest there so to speak but the rest of the world?
Isnt the american populace interested in what is happening or is the domestic news "enough".
I know that it would be simple enough to just write about what happens in this town only, that has less than 300k inhabitants and still make a decent enough newspaper but people here actually wants to hear/read/know what happens around them.

Drifting further away happily ^^

[claire]

Why is that?. I mean I know you will find news from Iraq or Afghanistan since you have an interest there so to speak but the rest of the world?
Isnt the american populace interested in what is happening or is the domestic news "enough".
I know that it would be simple enough to just write about what happens in this town only, that has less than 300k inhabitants and still make a decent enough newspaper but people here actually wants to hear/read/know what happens around them.

Drifting further away happily ^^

I don't think there is a simple answer to that question. I think you are partially right about there being enough domestic news. Europe and the USA are very roughly the same size - about 10,000,000 km2 (4,000,000 sq mi). Our largest state, Texas, is about the same size as the largest country in western Europe - France at roughly 700,000 km2 (260,000 sq mi). We are so used to being surrounded by people who are more or less of the same culture and speak the same language, that we forget about what else is out there. Also I think Europeans got used to having interests in the rest of the globe during the colonial period and that interest and awareness has stuck.

Hopefully the elections this fall will give us an administration that will be willing to work with the rest of the world, rather than the spoiled brat, self centered approach we've had for the last 8 years. Then perhaps we and our news media will realize that there are other people out there and that they matter very very much. Whether we like it or not we are going to have to learn to share and get along.