sorry you feel that way John the hitler reference wasnt "aimed" at you specifically so much as i was making a observation about everyones tendency to say the same things over and over again in a very emotional manner, if i wanted to bring such an allegation to your doorstep i would do so with verve and put your name on it, i will say however that it seems you only seem to want to state your opinion and then jump on anyone that disagrees, which is a typical human response,

well as far as international news i have seen a tendencey in smaller countires to kind of, hold a few sources for themselve and then just adopt a larger countires majior news for thier own outlets like in japan you got three channels in japanese and one in english at least when i lived there,

i also have noticed most countries ussually have news channels and or papers in thier own language and not much to offer in any tounge forgien to thier own , which is quite natural
the news sources available to americans are actually pretty broad, i can get information in a very wide variety of languages and from a wide variety of countries, especially on sattelite dish, not to mention the internet,, and if i could read arabic or russian i am sure i could find publications if i wanted too from those areas, you just have to look for them because they are not right up in your face like cnn or fox

main stream media in every country has a tendency to cater to thier audience,, i dont go to japan expecting to see stories on the usa all the time etc,

though i do agree with claire in that i think the majority of americans dont pay attention to any news other than what the big mainstream media scources are presenting them,
which is ussually the case in everycountires population to some degree which may indeed be changeing as populations become more cosmopolitain and people expand thier intrests outside thier own boarders more often

which brings us to eurocentric thinking and how america has adopted this tendency by proxy as scions of their european forefathers,

hows that for a possible thread drift?