Significant News Not in the News
September 7th, 2006
Today’s choice of news is sort of disturbing. Last night some of the 24 hour news stations and online media where carrying breaking news concerning Iran. It looks like the Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has or is in the processes of planning a trip the NYC to meet with the United Nations. However, reports are saying that he may first travel to Cuba and meet with Castro and Hugo Chavez then make his way to the USA through Cuba. Having two of the most controversial leaders in the country at the same time (in NYC) while they both have stated there dislike to the US and have wished dreadful acts upon could be very dangerous. There are many implications of this and only one can imagine what would happen or will happen. God just imagine what NYC will be like on that day they arrive and depart.
So after a quick look at some major news sites I have realized this isn’t really an significant story. Let me take you through a run down of what each is reporting;
- CNN – Located in there top stories section on there main page nothing about Iran. Although big story on CNN is about Paris Hilton charged with DUI
- Washington Post – Front page has nothing dealing with Iran. A story that jumps out to me as a possible top story candidate Facebook’s Privacy Issue’s
- Americas BBC – No story on the front page. BBC does have a lot of political and world news concerning America on its front pages. Saw nothing about Paris Hilton, Baby Suri, or Facebook
- Fox News – Nothing dealing with Ahmadinejad trip to the US, but there is a story entitled Stall Tactics
- Drudge Report – Main story
Sometimes I find it quite amazing on the selection of news to be broadcast. Is Baby Suri, Paris Hilton getting charged with a DUI, and the Facebook adding News Feeds important to viewers? I guess the Paris one is. The way this story should be slanted is that another star gets special treatment after driving while intoxicated. I find it very frustrating that in the morning I have to go out and do my own research to find what is really important to America. What do you think?
TechZ said:
To be perfectly honest, tabloid/celebrity news nowadays just sells better, and news corporations are feeding off the unsatiable hunger by the readers for this sort of stuff.
Kapusta Brothers » Blog Archive » UPDATE: Leaders Converge on NYC said:
[...] An update on a previous article that I posted about a week or so ago. There were reports that were not in the news on how three leaders President Bush, Hugo Chavez, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would meet at the UN in NYC. I thought this was a major story at the time however; no news media was covering it. [...]