Originally Posted by Yaatri
It has been the expereince, that the "liberal" media and non-liberal media aswell, do not cover news about lesser people unless either a U.S interest (buisness or people) or allies of the U.S. (pecking order Great Britain, Western Europe, except France, France, Eastern Europe, followed by Japan and Korea) are involved.
My favourite quote from a U.S. network news bulletin a few years ago went something like this:
"An overloaded Ferry capsized in Bangladesh today killing more than 350 people. No Americans were on board" [END OF STORY, elapsed time, probably 7 or 8 seconds, ...??]