Re: OT 2

From:Geoff McAuliffe

Barry Rittman wrote:

> It has been obvious to many of us for many years that the news that we
> americans receive is filtered. I feel that the media in general have the
> perception that we are not interested in things that are going on in
> other countries and therefore report only those items that are
> "sensation news". Harry Reasoner noted this and said that the media have
> a larger responsibility and that their perception is incorrect. (This
> kind of reminds me of the women's clothes that appear each season in the
> stores. I'm sure that some market research is carried out but unless
> going to exclusive stores, the manufacturers decide what colors and
> styles will be in. I don't remember anyone asking my wife what clothes
> she would be intercede in buying on a continuing basis).
> The New York Times is somewhat better than local papers and does deal
> with international news and issues. I heard that internet subscriptions
> to non US newspapers had increased dramatically in recent months. I
> think that we  should make our feelings about this filtering of new
> known to our news media.
> An interesting site you may wish to visit is
>
> http://www.indoamerican-news.com
>
> This newspaper  is published in Houston and has articles about all sorts
> of items, food (my personal favorite), religion, lifestyles and events
> occurring in India, Pakistan, Ceylon. It also has events occurring in
> Houston and other areas of US that are of interest to these cultures -
> and also  perhaps to us.
> Please consider visiting this site.
> Barry

The news on that site is not filtered in any way? Or perhaps it passes
through a different filter.

Geoff
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