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In article <1992Apr10.214732.9204@techbook.com> gummitch@techbook.com (Jeff Frane) writes:
>jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Apr10.082142.7808@muddcs.claremont.edu> gmeltzne@jarthur.claremont.edu (manu) writes:
>>>   ...
>>>   Don't go blaming the Jews for American ignorance.
>
>>Absolutely.  We have only ourselves to blame.  If we wanted better
>>newspapers, we would get them.  Even a Jewish-dominated newspaper (if
>>subject, though.)
>

On this topic, let me say that Americans are often run down for ignorance of
world news, but I don't believe it's true at all. Mostly this claim is made by
Europeans, who point out that their papers have much more international news
then American papers. Well, firstly, European countries (and most others, 
for that matter) are a lot smaller. If a French paper covers the German elections,
that's international news, but if the NY Times covers the California elections, 
that's domestic. In many respects Europe is like one big counrty. If you count
their European news stories as domestic, then they don't have much international
coverage at all, except they have lots of stories about American news.

A great deal of the world's news comes out of America. That may sound
like bragging, but it's true. Where is the world's entertainment capital? 
Hollywood. Where does the UN meet? New York. Where are the world's most important
military decisions made? Washington. The fact of the matter is, many of the things
that happen in the U.S. have a huge effect on the rest of the world, but the 
reverse is not true. I'm not running down the importance of the rest of the world,
but look at a European newspaper and you'll find a lot of stories that are about
America. Do you see many stories about Panama? No. Not much happens in Panama that
affects anybody outside of Panama. (I didn't say nothing - I said not much). Likewise,
not much happens in Europe that affects Americans. 

Finally, newspapers are no longer the primary news media they used to be, and America
is leading this trend. CNN has great internation coverage, and that's where most
Americans get their news.
			Ed Hartnett