You have to see this! I'm just going to link to it and trust that you'll take the time to surf through all the well documented links there. A huge hat tip to Casey at the Democracy Cell Project.
Afghanistan? Forgotten. Iraq? Forgotten.
Nope, the media has moved on to the declare the Lebanon-Israel conflict as the only war going on in the Middle East.
The Lebanon-Israeli conflict is the new wife; younger, prettier, shinier, with more jiggle and action-packed. Iraq and Afghanistan are, like, sooooo four years ago.
New war, new ratings.
Well, using human suffering to boost ratings is execrable.
Ultimately, war is humanity's greatest failure, not it's most glorious achievement.
War is tragedy that is largely preventable.
The media needs to stop the breathless reporting, the overcoverage, the endless speculation, the intellectualizing of human suffering. It only serves to fuel those mindless idiots who would see war as some sort of wonderful opportunity. They need to start reporting the truth of war.
The truth of war is that nations are ruined, lives are destroyed, and families are ripped apart forever.
The truth of war is that hope, humanity and civilization are set back generations at a time.
The truth of war is that the wounds never heal.
Where's that part of the reporting?
Great point. Read the whole article and view the screen shots here.
That's one of the main reasons why I can't wait for Al-Jazeera to come out with Al-Jazeera international. American media has such tunnel vision. They have maybe three stories a day. No one covers conflicts in Somalia or Nigeria or Central Asia (Georgia is on the brink of civil war) or Sri Lanka or any of the other places where news is also happening.
--Mike