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CNN FRONT PAGE after Terrorist bombings in India

Its truly sad that 63 people die in an apparent terrorist attack in India, but instead, whats more inmportant is a fucking stupid car race winner

they do that crap all the time. i hate CNN

I hate foxnews.

http://www.foxnews.com/

They mention india on the bottom somewhere.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail I hate foxnews. http://www.foxnews.com/ They mention india on the bottom somewhere.

it's not even on foxnews' yet. it happened like an hour ago right?

The news is always like this. They'd rather report uplifting news, than sad news, even though the reality is...there's an awful lot of shit that goes on. I think they become so used to bad news all of the time. So I guess I can see the point of posting some good stuff vs. always bad stuff on the cover. I feel the bad stuff is usually the most important stuff and it affects everyone, while the winner of the race doesn't.

Ya its there, under "Bahamas Immigration Minister Resigns Over His Relationship With Anna Nicole Smith" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252676,00.html

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Originally posted by Spirit5 The news is always like this. They'd rather report uplifting news, than sad news, even though the reality is...there's an awful lot of shit that goes on. I think they become so used to bad news all of the time. So I guess I can see the point of posting some good stuff vs. always bad stuff on the cover. I feel the bad stuff is usually the most important stuff and it affects everyone, while the winner of the race doesn't.

They choose which bad stuff goes to the front page.

If a suicide bomber hit an Israeli bus, it would be front page of every American news broadcast.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King If a suicide bomber hit an Israeli bus, it would be front page of every American news broadcast.

+1

Just to play a little devil's advocate (though I could give a rat's ass about a car race), Most news sites do not change the "Headline" picture on the front page on breaking news, as even in today's super fast news cycle, getting a "good" image to place there takes some time.

They can throw an AP newswire story up in text form, but image laden stories do take more time.

I don't get my "breaking" news from the major US news sites, as they tend to be overly ad/gimmick heavy, and I really don't care about Anna Nicole Smith or who won American Idol type stories. The American "news" media has turned as yellow as it was in the days of William Randolph Hearst. Something that makes Rupert Murdoch happy as a clam as Hearst is obviously his idol.


MrS

if you are going to look at Cnns website look at the international one not the USA one. Simple as that.

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Originally posted by jdat if you are going to look at Cnns website look at the international one not the USA one. Simple as that.

Im criticizing the US one. Thats why i put CNN there.

I don't mean to be disrespectful to the ones who died in India. But isn't there over a billion of them? AND the American media(and people) couldn't give a rats ass for a brown person. Im sorry to say it but there is a lot of racism-subconsciously.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid I don't mean to be disrespectful to the ones who died in India. But isn't there over a billion of them? AND the American media(and people) couldn't give a rats ass for a brown person. Im sorry to say it but there is a lot of racism-subconsciously.

I think it has a lot more to do with regional news trumping international news than racism.
Americans don't tend to care for news outside their own borders too much anyways (unless their directly involved).

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid I don't mean to be disrespectful to the ones who died in India. But isn't there over a billion of them? AND the American media(and people) couldn't give a rats ass for a brown person. Im sorry to say it but there is a lot of racism-subconsciously.

Most of those killed are Pakistanis any ways, since the train was headed back to Pakistan. Besides, it's a purported act of terrorism and the reporting should have no relevance to the size and population of the country.

it would be understandable if the race was indy and the driver was michael andretti...

welcome to reality, americans dont care about a few dozen people getting killed all the way in india. to make front page news the number of deaths are proportional to the distance from the borders. europe and spain, a few dozen fine, india you'll need at least a few hundred. we cant punch holes in paper, you want us to pay attention to india? please, Harvick just won Daytona!

/sarcasm

Asked if his News Corp. managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq, Murdoch said: "No, I don't think so. We tried."

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Originally posted by Cyrus King If a suicide bomber hit an Israeli bus, it would be front page of every American news broadcast.

Not unless another model/actor dies of a drug overdose/goes to rehab.

First the media spends a couple days on Anna Nicole Smith's death, now it's about Britney Spears going to Rehab. This is why I've been turning to talk radio rather than t.v. for news.

The aftermath...

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Panipat calls Pak to hear: Yes, my father was on that train PANIPAT, FEBRUARY 19: Nil recovery. Of the 67 bodies at the Panipat Civil Hospital morgue, 50 carried this tag. Bodies charred beyond recognition, identification has become a difficult task. Until evening, only about a dozen could be placed. As for the rest, it will take time. The local police say that from the 67, they have been able to make out 26 were men, 14 women and 13 children. Of the remaining 14, they are not sure. At the morgue, they are leaving nothing unturned, turning out pockets, holding up every scrap of paper, photographs of children, half-burnt passports, Pakistan ID cards. ASI Ranjit Singh came across 55-year-old Shafiq Ahmed�s ID card and a scrap of paper which had a phone number and Ghar (Home) written next to it. From this reporter�s cellphone, he dialled the number. �I am calling from Panipat. Was there anyone from your home on the train from Delhi to Lahore?� As he paused, a voice came on the line: �Yes, my father was on the train. So were my two brothers, Sami and Haris. How are they? Should I go to Lahore to fetch them? What has happened? Call my cousin in Delhi, he put them on the train.� We called Wasim Khan, Shafiq�s nephew in Delhi. �We found Shami and Haris in serious condition at Safdarjung in Delhi. We are coming to Panipat,� he said. Two hours later, Wasim wept as he identified his uncle�s body: �My father has not been well, uncle had come to check on him. He had come to India after 18 years and we were trying to get his visa extended but it couldn�t be done. What am I to tell his sons now? He lost his wife some years ago. He was the only one working in the family.� Just then, another policeman found a new number in another pocket. A call went out again. It�s a phone in Hyderabad, Pakistan. �Yes, my uncle Tasleem Khan was on the train. His wife Nafisa, daughter Mehreen and two sons, Sajid and Rulamin, were with him.� They gave us a number in Hathras, UP. We dialled again to find Salim Khaled at the other end: �He was my uncle, he was visiting us. He was to return to Pakistan on January 18 but took ill. We had to extend his visa.� Khan was a bangle trader. When Khaled showed up in the evening, he had no idea where his cousins were. �I don�t think any of them survived. They were all sitting together. The police tell me all were in the coach whose doors wouldn�t open.� But not all the dead were from Pakistan. A policeman found the passport of Yashmin Akhtar from Srinagar. She perhaps died of asphyxiation, not burns. On her, they found a paper which mentioned an estimate of several lakhs and a J&K phone number. �Yes, I am Mohammad Maqbool. My wife Yashmin was on the train, I made her board it last evening. I am reaching the hospital,� he said. Once there, Maqbool broke down after identifying his wife: �My two daughters are married and live in Rawalpindi. Yashmin was visiting them. She had been going there every year. The estimate that you see is for the house she just bought for one of our daughters.� A diary was found in a wallet from another pocket. It had a North Karachi telephone number. On the wallet, there�s an inscription: Azhar weds Uzma, 22 January 2006, a gift for you. Another call, explaining Panipat. �My brother-in-law Syed Iqhtar Ali, his wife Ashraf, son Haftar Ali (7), daughter Mehak (3) and his brother-in-law Sayeed Azhar Ali and wife Razia were on the train. We are waiting in Lahore,� said a woman who took the call. An hour later, Syed Iqhtar Ali�s brother-in-law in India, Navi Mohammad Khan, reached Panipat and identified him from a half-burnt pen he had gifted him before the train left Delhi. �I can�t recognise anyone else. They are not among the injured and there�s no news of them reaching Lahore. They are probably dead.� Policemen consoled him, saying don�t give up hope. �Wait till all bodies are completely identified.� Another Indian casualty identified was 51-year-old Shakina Begum of Seelampur in Delhi, travelling to Pakistan for the first time to visit relatives. Also dead were two RPF men: ASI Kashmir Singh and Constable Rajendra Pal. As night fell, some 50 caskets reached the hospital.

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Originally posted by Cyrus King Im criticizing the US one. Thats why i put CNN there.

Americans don't care about international news

When I lived there I was outraged at the fact I never heard anything close to international news on Cnn.
What a shame when you know they were/are pretty much at the forefront of telejournalism worldwide but the American audience doesn't listen doesn't care.

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