Certainly here in the UK, and I suspect the USA, Ebola went out of the news late last year. Although the West African outbreak was the worst on record, it is sad that it soon became not newsworthy. It looks like the outbreak is now under control but it is a sad indictment of our society that when things go "off the radar" we hear little about them. It is a warning that what is considered "news" is filtered.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa .
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Monday, 8 June 2015
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Al Jazeera news
See http://www.aljazeera.com.
It is surprises me how often news items on this Middle Eastern news channel never appear on the BBC. Sometimes it is good to look at the news from different angles to be sure it is reasonably free from bias. The BBC is pretty good, but it sometimes misses important international news.
It is surprises me how often news items on this Middle Eastern news channel never appear on the BBC. Sometimes it is good to look at the news from different angles to be sure it is reasonably free from bias. The BBC is pretty good, but it sometimes misses important international news.
Saturday, 11 October 2014
Why not the good news?
I guess with modern communications we hear about everything in the world quite fast. It is a pity that there are not a few more "good news" reports in the news. A lot of good things happen, but we rarely hear about these. There are definitely far more good things happening than bad, yet we seem to revel in Ebola, IS and other bad news.
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