How do you feel about this? (Iran)

I'm not saying they don't, but just take a look at the coverage Huntley got on the BBC and then on CNN or any other media channel. Every media outlet will cover what is important to them and the rest of the world second. Does the BBC really cover Dutch politics? It has no real importance to them, not a bad thing, but quite understandable. Lockbie for example was also big news in the UK as it was in the rest of the world - for a while. Whilst the UK is still focussed on it, the rest of the world moves on.

Tash

But doesnt it seem like the whole world is still focused on 9/11??? Im sorry but I cant help thinking that if this had happened in any other country but America then it wouldnt be getting the attention it does to this day. Like Vallie says 20,000 people have died in Iran, are you telling me that if this natural Disater had taken place in t he States it would have got the same amount of attention worldwide??

Hopefully, you will never have to find out if England would be getting the same amount of attention if something like 9/11 happened there.

And as Tash has been saying over and over, you can't compare a natural disaster, although terribly tragic, to a terrorist event.

As for Bali, you weren't watching the right news network, b/c it was all over the news here. It all depends on what station you tune in to.

Like I already said, 9/11 was not only an attack on America but on Western civilisation. They targeted America as America epitomises the West. Why do you think so many countries were eager to help in the War on Terrorism? Because it was then America, but the UK has just as many potential targets as does France.
I am saying that the earthquake would have gotten the same attention. Do you remember the plane that crashed not long after 9/11 in the States, just outside Queens? Are we still talking about it? No.
An earthquake is an earthquake, terrible yes, but not really any good talking about them for too long. I don't mean to sound blasé, but we don't. Like I said, there was the earthquake in Kyoto too and as someone else mentioned 2 years ago in Turkey. California has them all the time, I remember one about 10 years ago when that bridge collapsed during the Superbowl, we are not talking about that one either.
You cannot compare the world scale magnitude of 9/11 with a earthquake, no matter how terrible it is.

Tash

Heard today it could get into 50.000 ...

And Carli ... you say exactly what I ment! People get me wrong in this topic too much!

I know, im not comparing 9/11 to this but im sorry i still believe if 50,000 had died in America it would be on all the news stations 24/7.

Well, it's probably on the Iranian news 24/7, just as Lockerbie was on UK news 24/7 and the murder of Dutch politician was on here 24/7...

Tash

tash, i think carli was refering to the world media coverage, not to the single country one

Ok remember the Washington sniper was it about a year ago?? I knew every detail of that from the coverage it got here, are you telling me if that had happened in any other country accept the UK we would have heard about it as much?? Maybe 9/11 was not a good example to use but I do think that in general American news stories get more coverage than any other country.

That's Gr8