This is not the first time I have been angry at the media because of their unbalanced portrayal of disasters when it involves America. 18 months ago I ranted against the media for their coverage of forest fires in California merely on account of the fact it threatened the homes of some of the Hollywood rich and famous. This time disaster was averted and the media still went mad.
Now don't get me wrong, the safe landing of the US Airlines flight into the Hudson river was nothing short of a miracle. The captain deserves to be called a hero and commended for his professionalism. However, did we really need wall to wall coverage for nearly 72 hours? Plane crashes in other countries which result in fatalities numbering in the hundreds do not get nearly this much coverage. Forty Iraqis died in Baghdad in a suicide bombing the other week and it didn't even reach the news headlines.
America will be in the news for all the right reasons this week. It will inaugurate its first black president on Tuesday. I will watch this coverage with pride - the news media may go over the top but when something like this happens it doesn't quite seem to matter. At least we don't live IN America - according to the John Stewart show, the major networks tied themselves in knots contemplating what Sasha and Malia would be having for their school dinners now they have moved to Washington.
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