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Originally posted by Diogenes Of Pumpkintown:
[BHell, most Americans don't know a thing about the events in Chile and Cambodia to which you refer, for example. They don't know because they don't really give a damn. Those are just far away events which have no real bearing on events in the US, in such minds. Sad but true.
[This message has been edited by Diogenes Of Pumpkintown (edited 09-12-2001).][/B]
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While there is truth to this, it's also partly the fault of our media. They don't make a big deal out of "foreign affairs". It's just usually a one- or two-word aside. A BTW...They don't give it serious weight and, therefore, we wrongfully assume that it was no big deal. I, for one, have gotten very irritated with a newscast for "skimming" over the top of a story and have to go ferret the darned thing out on the internet (usually via overseas reports) to get the info.
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