Subj : Re: Huh... To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:22:28 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > Jim Larson wrote: > >> Mark Nobles wrote: >> >>> Jim Larson 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. > I've seen those stories too, but mostly in the foreign press. However, I will readily admit that statement is anecdotal. I've only glanced at the LA Times a few times recently. And the national TV news is hardly a fair comparison. So...basically, ignore most of what I said above. (Note: This applies to every post I've made in the last however many years I've been posting on ATF.) -- Jim .