Overshadowed or overlooked?
The talk of the week is the crisis in Lebanon and the UN peacekeeping troops that have been killed. We have all been following the events closely because any issues in the middle east affects the price of oil and ultimately our pockets.
However in the past week there have been other development across the world that also require our attention but our 'fair and balanced' news media have ignored this. On the 17th of july there was another tsunami in Indonesia which so far has claimed over 670 lives (more than the death toll of the middle east crisis) but are we bothered? Do we know about it? A simple online search couldn't find any story covering the event past the 23rd of july. In December 2004 when the tsunami hit we had blanked cover of the unfolding events for weeks however now that we don't have as many foreign tourists in Indonesia, suddenly the story is not newsworthy? For updates on events see here.
Another story worth noting is the developments in Somalia, the supposed battle ground for the proxy war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) that are ruling the capital, Mogadishu have aborted talks with the government in Baidoa and Ethiopia seems to be muscling it way into Somalia to support the government. For more on this story see here and more on the UIC here.
Do any of these stories bother us? No because it doesn't affect our daily lives. Should we only be worried out events that affect us directly?
However in the past week there have been other development across the world that also require our attention but our 'fair and balanced' news media have ignored this. On the 17th of july there was another tsunami in Indonesia which so far has claimed over 670 lives (more than the death toll of the middle east crisis) but are we bothered? Do we know about it? A simple online search couldn't find any story covering the event past the 23rd of july. In December 2004 when the tsunami hit we had blanked cover of the unfolding events for weeks however now that we don't have as many foreign tourists in Indonesia, suddenly the story is not newsworthy? For updates on events see here.
Another story worth noting is the developments in Somalia, the supposed battle ground for the proxy war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) that are ruling the capital, Mogadishu have aborted talks with the government in Baidoa and Ethiopia seems to be muscling it way into Somalia to support the government. For more on this story see here and more on the UIC here.
Do any of these stories bother us? No because it doesn't affect our daily lives. Should we only be worried out events that affect us directly?
posted by Vocal_assassin @ 26.7.06
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