Comments on: Why 1081081081234? http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:55:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/comment-page-1/#comment-124883 Joe Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:17:14 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/#comment-124883 Why Burma and not, say, Uzbekistan? Well, Uzbeks aren't marching in the streets just now (you'll recall a few years ago when protests there were violently put down, the western press did cover it, at least nominally). I certainly agree that the situation there deserves more attention, but it isn't really the sort of thing the media are good at (see below). And with media coverage comes the public outrage exemplified by the blog petition. Why Burma and not Darfur? Fair question--there's probably quite a bit more loss of life going on in western Sudan. Yesterday, the BBC website led with an attack by Darfur rebels on peacekeepers. What distinguishes this? Well, it's an event. Specific, within-the-last-news-cycle events are what the press covers. This, so far as I know, has been the norm for as long as there have been putatively objective western news media. All that's changed is that the cycles have gotten shorter. I'm not sayin' this is a good thing, just saying that there's no pro-Burmese bias at work. No vast conspiracy of Buddhist monks rigging the press (or the blogosphere). Just how it goes, for better or worse.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('124883','Joe'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('124883','Joe','Why Burma and not, say, Uzbekistan? Well, Uzbeks aren\'t marching in the streets just now (you\'ll recall a few years ago when protests there were violently put down, the western press did cover it, at least nominally). I certainly agree that the situation there deserves more attention, but it isn\'t really the sort of thing the media are good at (see below). And with media coverage comes the public outrage exemplified by the blog petition.\r\n\r\nWhy Burma and not Darfur? Fair question--there\'s probably quite a bit more loss of life going on in western Sudan. Yesterday, the BBC website led with an attack by Darfur rebels on peacekeepers. What distinguishes this? Well, it\'s an event. Specific, within-the-last-news-cycle events are what the press covers. This, so far as I know, has been the norm for as long as there have been putatively objective western news media. All that\'s changed is that the cycles have gotten shorter.\r\n\r\nI\'m not sayin\' this is a good thing, just saying that there\'s no pro-Burmese bias at work. No vast conspiracy of Buddhist monks rigging the press (or the blogosphere). Just how it goes, for better or worse.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Why Burma and not, say, Uzbekistan? Well, Uzbeks aren’t marching in the streets just now (you’ll recall a few years ago when protests there were violently put down, the western press did cover it, at least nominally). I certainly agree that the situation there deserves more attention, but it isn’t really the sort of thing the media are good at (see below). And with media coverage comes the public outrage exemplified by the blog petition.

Why Burma and not Darfur? Fair question–there’s probably quite a bit more loss of life going on in western Sudan. Yesterday, the BBC website led with an attack by Darfur rebels on peacekeepers. What distinguishes this? Well, it’s an event. Specific, within-the-last-news-cycle events are what the press covers. This, so far as I know, has been the norm for as long as there have been putatively objective western news media. All that’s changed is that the cycles have gotten shorter.

I’m not sayin’ this is a good thing, just saying that there’s no pro-Burmese bias at work. No vast conspiracy of Buddhist monks rigging the press (or the blogosphere). Just how it goes, for better or worse.

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]]> By: Rosemary's Thoughts http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/comment-page-1/#comment-124867 Rosemary's Thoughts Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:29:22 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/#comment-124867 <b>Bill Roggio: Sr. AQI leader killed</b>. Bill Roggio has a new site: The Long War Journal. What I read today, gives me great pleasure. I would like to share a bit with you to get you to go read it. I'll give you a hint, a top AQ ... (Sorry. I couldn't figure out the trackback. lol)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('124867','Rosemary\'s Thoughts'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('124867','Rosemary\'s Thoughts','<b>Bill Roggio: Sr. AQI leader killed<\/b>.\r\nBill Roggio has a new site: The Long War Journal. What I read today, gives me great pleasure. I would like to share a bit with you to get you to go read it. I\'ll give you a hint, a top AQ ...\r\n\r\n(Sorry. I couldn\'t figure out the trackback. lol)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Bill Roggio: Sr. AQI leader killed.
Bill Roggio has a new site: The Long War Journal. What I read today, gives me great pleasure. I would like to share a bit with you to get you to go read it. I’ll give you a hint, a top AQ …

(Sorry. I couldn’t figure out the trackback. lol)

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]]> By: Rosemary's Thoughts » Blog Archive » Bill Roggio: Sr. AQI leader killed http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/comment-page-1/#comment-124866 Rosemary's Thoughts » Blog Archive » Bill Roggio: Sr. AQI leader killed Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:26:41 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/#comment-124866 [...] People who’ve trackbacked to this post: 1. Leaning Straight Up: Rush and the phony soldiers- The truth emerges. 2. The Florida Masochist: The Knucklehead of the Day award. 3. Blog @ MoreWhat.com: Picture of the Day. 4. The Florida Masochist: Weekly Dolphins prediction. 5. Woman Honor Thyself: No GPS for Muzlims eh. 6. Comment from breautiful Angel. 7. The Florida Masochist: Actress Lois Maxwell dead at Age 80. 8. Blue Star Chronicles: Free Myanmar – Birmania Libera – Burma Frei… 9. Potbelly Stove: Senate tomfoolery. 10. Adam’s Blog: The $5K Baby Giveaway. 11. Conservative Cat: Just When You Thought Hot Stock Spam Couldn’t Get Any Stupider. 12. walls of the city: a theory by any other name. 13. Nuke’s News & Views: “the+greatest+campaign+finance+scandal+in+American+history” Hillary Rodham Clinton. 14. Planck’s Constant: Crisis in Burma. 15. StageLeft: Why 1081081081234? 16. Right Truth: [?] Share This Sphere: Related Content [...]
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]]> By: He’s Got A Point : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/comment-page-1/#comment-124861 He’s Got A Point : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:13:23 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/09/30/why-1081081081234/#comment-124861 [...] Sometimes we just need to listen, or read anyway. Technorati Tags: world, crisis, Myanmar, Darfur, etc, etc, etc. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('124861','He’s Got A Point : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('124861','He’s Got A Point : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff','[...] Sometimes we just need to listen, or read anyway. Technorati Tags: world, crisis, Myanmar, Darfur, etc, etc, etc. [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Sometimes we just need to listen, or read anyway. Technorati Tags: world, crisis, Myanmar, Darfur, etc, etc, etc. [...]
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