Subj : Re: Huh... To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:26:13 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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.) > We, in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area, probably see more than most people because our ABC and CBS stations have been running 24 hour coverage since it happened. So we get a lot of local stuff in addition to the national coverage. .