Subj : Re: Huh... To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 00:28:45 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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. > Apropos of nothing at all, how do folks down there pronounce Baton Rouge...all Frenchy or like "batten rooj"? -- Jim .