Michael Daly wrote:
On 11-Feb-2005, "Tinkerntom" wrote:

That is a pretty big generalization for someone who is only one
small voice in Europe. It sounded to me like you were speaking for
a
whole lot of Euro voices, and others.

Well, if you bother to listen to the rest of the world, you'll
discover
that Wilko's view is not uncommon in many other countries.

I listen to English language radio broadcasts from many countries,
including the Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, South Africa etc.
In fact, Radio Australia is on right now. There is a voice out there
beyond America - you just have to listen.

Mike

Fact is when 10:00 news comes on I will often watch CH12 which is BBC,
just for a different perspective. I use to really enjoy Dollywall (sp?)
I currently try to review numerous internet news sites from the world.
But it seems that mostly I find 1 or 2 min sound bites, all coming from
the same wire service. Seems that Americans are not the only one with
short attention span.

An example is the tsunami. I told my wife that within two months you
would have trouble finding an international news article about it. Same
with so many other crisis type stories. On the other hand try finding a
story that has to do with the everyday life of some unknown in some
remote part of the world, like Canada. Also very difficult. That is why
I find discussions with the NG enlightening, you all are real people.
Not just some journalist figment of imagination. Sometimes the realness
rubs the wrong way, but we can work around that. TnT