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From: Dick Lambert (no email)
Date: Wed Sep 12 2001 - 22:34:46 EDT
Sorry for the lack of live aboard content but since the list is distributed
all over the world I was curious about media coverage of the attack on the
World Trade Center in NY and the Pentagon in Washington.
Even though I live in the middle of the US very far removed (physically but
not in spirit) from the carnage left by the murderers out east, I have a
sense of profound sorrow, loss, frustration as well as almost overwhelming
anger because I'm an American. Our media has helped us to understand what
is going on and to some extent helped us deal with the tragedy.
Our television stations have had non-stop coverage since the first plane
struck and 50% of our newspapers have been devoted to it.. I expect this
since the attack was against the US (at least it was yesterday). What kind
of TV and newspaper coverage is the event getting in other countries? I
guess what I'm trying to find out, given the horrendous magnitude of what
was done, is whether this event is perceived in other countries as a world
wide threat that could visit anywhere or just a "local" phenomena that
doesn't really merit very extensive coverage. Another way of putting this
is: Are we on our own or are other countries at the point where there might
be a chance for some kind of concerted and meaningful worldwide effort to
put a stop to the killing?
I've tried to go on-line and access foreign papers but can't really tell
much since most of them are in languages I cannot understand.
Dick Lambert
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