Subj : Re: Huh...
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:15:38

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:

> Mark Nobles wrote:
> 
>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4211320.stm
>>> 
>>> Seems we're[1] not well loved abroad. Interesting though. Also,
>>> is it just me or does the apparent violence seem to be
>>> downplayed or at least sanitized in the U.S. media? 
>> 
>> It's just you. The media I have been watching have been making it
>> appear that the police are fighting the battle of New Orleans
>> against heavily-armed gang warlords. It's Mogadishu with water
>> instead of sand. 
>> 
> 
> Woohoo! I knew I was weird.
> 
> (It's the lack of detail that distinguishes one from the other.
> What you said above is the sum total of what I hear from the U.S.
> media. This is fine as far as it goes, and perhaps appropriate
> given that we're still in the middle of it all.)
> 

Around here I have seen stories about gang beatings and rapes, and 
those stories are from inside the superdome.

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