Let me ask you this. Which of these two items is more important:
a) the murder of 141 people, more than half of whom are children; or
b) the possibility that lines may get a bit longer at airport security?
If you voted for the lines at the airports, then you may have a future in the main stream media. Just think, how many times in the last week have you heard that budget cuts could lead to those longer lines. Then think about how many times you heard that the Assad forces in Syria fired missiles into residential areas of Aleppo and killed 141 innocent civilians over half of whom were children (and no rebels by the way).
I understand that the media is going to focus on American issues. That makes sense. After all, the audience is American and would care about issues that affect them directly. Even so, however, one would think that there would be some coverage of the war crimes being committed in Syria. How many people marched to protest water boarding, and how much coverage of that took place? No one died, just some people got wet on a few occassions. But those Syrians in Aleppo are dead; that won't change when they dry off.
The sad truth is that it seems to me that neither the media nor president Obama will ever pay attention to Syria unless and until they find a way to blame the fighting on the Republicans.
a) the murder of 141 people, more than half of whom are children; or
b) the possibility that lines may get a bit longer at airport security?
If you voted for the lines at the airports, then you may have a future in the main stream media. Just think, how many times in the last week have you heard that budget cuts could lead to those longer lines. Then think about how many times you heard that the Assad forces in Syria fired missiles into residential areas of Aleppo and killed 141 innocent civilians over half of whom were children (and no rebels by the way).
I understand that the media is going to focus on American issues. That makes sense. After all, the audience is American and would care about issues that affect them directly. Even so, however, one would think that there would be some coverage of the war crimes being committed in Syria. How many people marched to protest water boarding, and how much coverage of that took place? No one died, just some people got wet on a few occassions. But those Syrians in Aleppo are dead; that won't change when they dry off.
The sad truth is that it seems to me that neither the media nor president Obama will ever pay attention to Syria unless and until they find a way to blame the fighting on the Republicans.
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