American's ill informed

[Knight]

Not surprising that Canadian & British sources present what is going on in the rest of the world that American's don't typically hear about.

The riot in Sydney Australia by Muslims is a good example.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBritainFirst/videos/870403776438218/


Not that easy to access since it was posted on facebook but worth the effort to see what Australians think about,.

 

[Don M.]

It seems our mainstream media is focused on little more than Trumps latest "tweet". Major events are taking place, daily, all over the world, but little or nothing about those issues is being reported here. About the Only news source that one can check to get some idea of what is going on, globally, is Al Jazeera....on the Internet.

More and more, we are being looked upon as "mushrooms"...."Keep them in the dark, and feed them BS".

 

[tnthomas]

Not surprising that Canadian & British sources present what is going on in the rest of the world that American's don't typically hear about.

The riot in Sydney Australia by Muslims is a good example.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBritainFirst/videos/870403776438218/


Not that easy to access since it was posted on facebook but worth the effort to see what Australians think about,.

The American media did in fact cover this incident when it happened, in September 2012.

On 15 September 2012, a protest by Salafi Muslims against an alleged "anti-Islam" film Innocence of Muslims was held in Sydney, New South Wales. While the protest started peacefully, violent confrontations between police and protesters began when protesters reached the United States Consulate General.[SUP][2][/SUP] In resulting clashes, six police officers and 19 protesters were injured. The violence was condemned by Australian political leaders, including Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Police arrested nine protesters in connection with the violence.[SUP][2][/SUP]

If you listen and pay attention to the audio in the vid, the female news person mentions that the protest was in response to the "anti-Islam" film.



If you read the bold face captions scrolling up on the video, it's easy to see that this clip has been crafted to spark "anti-Islam" sentiment. Also, there's an added voice overlay making it appear that the Muslim protesters are chanting "Obama, Obama".

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

 

[Laurie]

I think the problem in America is that you do not have a spread of National dailies like the Europeans do. New York Times and Washington Post, perhaps the Tribune, but not much of a spread. Local papers tend to concentrate on local news. I can go out tomorrow and buy perhaps a dozen nationals, of all political sympathies from the right wing Telegraph to the avowedly communist Morning Star, and virtually every shade in between, and I can do that in the smallest village shop in ant part of the country.

Similarly with your broadcast media. Most European countries have at least one state sponsored bu independent (though in some cases state controlled) broadcaster, free of commercial and advertising pressure.

 

[RadishRose]

PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) broadcasts their News Hour every day.

 

[BlondieBoomer]

It seems our mainstream media is focused on little more than Trumps latest "tweet". Major events are taking place, daily, all over the world, but little or nothing about those issues is being reported here. About the Only news source that one can check to get some idea of what is going on, globally, is Al Jazeera....on the Internet.

More and more, we are being looked upon as "mushrooms"...."Keep them in the dark, and feed them BS".

...and hope that it takes them less than 4 years to read the news, eh? The mushrooms are the ones that think incidents that happened over 4 years ago are current news.

 

[tnthomas]

I think the problem in America is that you do not have a spread of National dailies like the Europeans do. New York Times and Washington Post, perhaps the Tribune, but not much of a spread. Local papers tend to concentrate on local news. I can go out tomorrow and buy perhaps a dozen nationals, of all political sympathies from the right wing Telegraph to the avowedly communist Morning Star, and virtually every shade in between, and I can do that in the smallest village shop in ant part of the country.

Similarly with your broadcast media. Most European countries have at least one state sponsored bu independent (though in some cases state controlled) broadcaster, free of commercial and advertising pressure.

I'm not sure why you think that America(The United States) does not have comparable news publications, The U.S. has many large, world class cities, each of which has at least one major news outlet.

Major U.S. cities:

Size rank
2014

	City	7/1/2014 population estimate	7/1/2013 population estimate	4/1/2010 census population	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2010	Size rank 2013
1	New York, N.Y.	8,491,079	8,405,837	8,175,133	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	1	1	1	1
2	Los Angeles, Calif.	3,928,864	3,884,307	3,792,621	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	2	2	2	2
3	Chicago, Ill.	2,722,389	2,718,782	2,695,598	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	3	3	3	3
4	Houston, Tex.	2,239,558	2,195,914	2,100,263	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	4	4	4	4
5	Philadelphia, Pa.	1,560,297	1,553,165	1,526,006	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	5	5	5	5
6	Phoenix, Ariz.	1,537,058	1,513,367	1,445,632	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	10	6	6	6
7	San Antonio, Tex.	1,436,697	1,409,019	1,327,407	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	9	9	7	7
8	San Diego, Calif.	1,381,069	1,355,896	1,307,402	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	6	7	8	8
9	Dallas, Tex.	1,281,047	1,257,676	1,197,816	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	8	8	9	9
10	San Jose, Calif.	1,015,785	998,537	945,942	912,332	894,943	782,248	11	11	10	10
11	Austin, Tex.	912,791	885,400	790,390	690,252	656,562	465,622	25	16	14	11
12	Jacksonville, Fla.	853,382	842,583	821,784	782,623	735,617	635,230	15	14	11	13
13	San Francisco , Calif.	852,469	837,442	805,235	739,426	776,733	723,959	14	13	13	14
14	Indianapolis, Ind.	848,788	843,393	820,445	784,118	781,870	741,952	13	12	12	12
15	Columbus, Ohio	835,957	822,553	787,033	730,657	711,470	632,910	16	15	15	15
16	Fort Worth , Tex.	812,238	792,727	741,206	624,067	534,694	447,619	29	27	16	17
17	Charlotte, N.C.	809,958	792,862	731,424	610,949	540,828	395,934	33	26	17	16
18	Detroit, Mich.	680,250	688,701	713,777	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	7	10	18	18
19	El Paso, Tex.	679,036	674,443	649,121	598,590	563,662	515,342	22	23	19	19
20	Seattle , Wash.	668,342	652,405	608,660	573,911	563,374	516,259	21	24	23	21
21	Denver , Colo.	663,862	649,495	600,158	557,917	554,636	467,610	28	25	26	22
22	Washington, DC	658,893	646,449	601,723	550,521	572,059	606,900	19	21	24	23
23	Memphis, Tenn.	656,86	653,450	646,889	672,277	650,100	610,337	18	18	20	20
24	Boston, Mass.	655,884	645,966	617,594	559,034	589,141	574,283	20	20	22	24
25	Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.[SUP]1[/SUP]	644,014	634,464	601,222	549,110	545,524	510,784	26	22	25	25
26	Baltimore, Md.	622,793	622,104	620,961	635,815	651,154	736,014	12	17	21	26
27	Oklahoma City, Okla.	620,602	610,613	579,999	531,324	506,132	444,719	30	29	31	27
28	Portland , Ore.	619,360	609,456	583,776	533,427	529,121	437,319	27	28	29	29
29	Las Vegas , Nev.	613,599	603,488	583,756	545,147	478,434	258,295	63	32	30	30
30	Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.[SUP]2[/SUP]	612,780	609,893	597,337	556,429	256,231	269,063	58	67	27	28
31	Milwaukee, Wis.	599,642	599,164	594,833	578,887	596,974	628,088	17	19	28	31
32	Albuquerque, N.M.	557,169	556,495	545,852	494,236	448,607	384,736	40	35	32	32
33	Tucson, Ariz.	527,972	526,116	520,116	515,526	486,699	405,390	34	32	33	33
34	Fresno, Calif.	515,986	509,924	494,665	461,116	427,652	354,202	48	37	34	34
35	Sacramento, Calif.	485,199	479,686	466,488	456,441	407,018	369,365	37	40	35	35
36	Long Beach, Calif.	473,577	469,428	462,257	474,014	461,522	429,433	32	34	36	36
37	Kansas City, Mo.	470,800	467,007	459,787	444,965	441,545	435,146	31	36	37	37
38	Mesa, Ariz.	464,704	457,587	439,041	442,780	396,375	288,091	53	42	38	38
39	Atlanta , Ga.	456,002	447,841	420,003	470,688	416,474	394,017	38	39	40	40
40	Virginia Beach, Va.	450,980	448,479	437,994	438,415	425,257	393,069	39	38	39	39
41	Omaha , Nebr.	446,599	434,353	408,958	414,521	390,007	335,795	47	44	42	42
41	Colorado Springs, Colo.	445,830	439,886	416,427	369,815	360,890	281,140	54	48	41	41
43	Raleigh, N.C.	439,896	431,746	403,892	–	–	–	–	–	43	43
44	Miami, Fla.	430,332	417,650	399,457	386,417	362,470	358,548	46	47	44	44
45	Oakland, Calif.	413,775	406,253	390,724	395,274	399,484	372,242	35	41	47	45
46	Minneapolis, Minn.	407,207	400,070	382,578	372,811	382,618	368,383	43	45	48	46
47	Tulsa, Okla.	399,682	398,121	391,906	382,457	393,049	367,302	44	43	46	47
48	Cleveland, Ohio	389,521	390,113	396,815	452,208	478,403	505,616	23	33	45	48
49	Wichita, Kans.	388,413	386,552	382,368	353,823	344,284	–	–	50	49	49
50	New Orleans, La.	384,320	378,715	343,829	455,188	484,674	495,080	24	38	51	51
51	Arlington, Tex.	383,204

Top 100 Newspapers in the United States

Rank	Newspaper	Circulation
1.	USA Today (Arlington, Va.)	2,278,022
2.	Wall Street Journal (New York, N.Y.)	2,062,312
3.	Times (New York, N.Y.)	1,120,420
4.	Times (Los Angeles)	815,723
5.	Post (New York, N.Y.)	724,748
6.	Daily News (New York, N.Y.)	718,174
7.	Post (Washington, DC)	699,130
8.	Tribune (Chicago)	566,827
9.	Chronicle (Houston)	503,114
10.	Arizona Republic (Phoenix)	433,731
11.	Morning News (Dallas)	411,919
12.	Newsday (Melville, N.Y.)	398,231
13.	Chronicle (San Francisco)	386,564
14.	Globe (Boston)	382,503
15.	Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)	372,629
16.	Journal-Constitution (Atlanta)	357,399
17.	Inquirer (Philadelphia)	352,593
18.	Star Tribune (Minneapolis)	345,252
19.	Plain Dealer (Cleveland)	344,704
20.	News/Free Press (Detroit)	329,989
21.	Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.)	322,771
22.	Oregonian (Portland)	319,625
23.	Union-Tribune (San Diego)	296,331
24.	Register (Orange County, Calif.)	284,613
25.	Bee (Sacramento, Calif.)	279,032
26.	Post-Dispatch (St. Louis)	278,999
27.	Herald (Miami)	272,299
28.	Star (Indianapolis)	261,405
29.	Star (Kansas City, Mo.)	260,724
30.	Post (Denver)	254,058
31.	Rocky Mountain news (Denver)	253,834
32.	Express-News (San Antonio, Tex.)	236,918
33.	Sun (Baltimore)	232,138
34.	Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)	230,870
35.	Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee)	230,220
36.	Tribune (Tampa, Fla.)	226,990
37.	Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.)	226,854
38.	South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)	226,591
39.	Times (Seattle)	219,722
40.	Dispatch (Colombus, Ohio)	218,940
41.	Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)	218,796
42.	Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City)	216,441
43.	Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)	215,379
44.	Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa.)	213,352
45.	Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Tex.)	210,990
46.	Enquirer/Post (Cincinnati)	206,320
47.	News (Detroit)	202,029
48.	Herald (Boston)	201,513
49.	Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.)	191,591
50.	Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)	186,441
51.	World-Herald (Omaha, Neb.)	184,150
52.	Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)	183,024
53.	Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)	182,789
54.	News (Buffalo, N.Y.)	181,540
55.	News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)	177,361
56.	Courant (Hartford, Conn.)	175,759
57.	Post (W. Palm Beach, Fla.)	175,495
58.	Tennessean (Nashville)	174,073
59.	American-Statesman (Austin, Tex.)	173,579
60.	Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.)	172,593
61.	Review-Journal (Las Vegas)	172,366
62	Record (Hackensack, N.J.)	170,408
63.	Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)	168,362
64.	Bee (Fresno, Calif.)	157,546
65.	Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)	155,590
66.	Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.)	154,599
67.	Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)	151,190
68.	Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pa.)	150,253
69.	Journal (Providence, R.I.)	148,700
70.	Commercial Appeal (Memphis)	146,252
71.	Register (Des Moines, Iowa)	146,050
72.	News (Birmingham, Ala.)	145,655
73.	Daily News (Los Angeles)	145,528
74.	Asbury Park Press (Neptune, N.J.)	145,508
75.	Advertiser (Honolulu)	141,934
76.	Press (Grand Rapids, Mich.)	133,107
77.	Tribune/Deseret News (Salt Lake City)	128,186
78.	Times/Post-Intelligencer (Seattle)	128,012
79.	Blade (Toledo, Ohio)	125,956
80.	Journal News (White Plains, N.Y.)	122,479
81.	Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio)	122,388
82.	Daily News (Dayton, Ohio)	121,574
83.	La Opinion (Los Angeles)	121,026
84.	World ( Tulsa, Ok.)	120,583
85.	News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.)	119,172
86.	News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)	119,077
87.	Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Fla.)	118,328
88.	Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.)	116,345
89.	News Journal (New Castle, Del)	114,435
90.	Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.)	113,991
91.	Daily News (Philadelphia)	113,951
92.	Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.)	111,124
93.	Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)	108,886
94.	State (Columbia, S.C.)	106,053
95.	Journal (Albuquerque)	105,966
96.	News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Fla.)	104,919
97.	Times (Washington)	100,258
98.	The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)	100,143
99.	Press-Register (Mobile, AL)	99,742
100.	East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ)	99,711

 

[dog lover]

The US press doesn't cover world events, not the way all other countries do. It is the most selfcentric free press on earth. Usually countries that don't cover world news have government controlled news and are totally mushroomy. We have a choice and are not using it.

 

[tnthomas]

The US press doesn't cover world events, not the way all other countries do. It is the most selfcentric free press on earth. Usually countries that don't cover world news have government controlled news and are totally mushroomy. We have a choice and are not using it.

I'd be interested to hear how you arrived at these conclusions, appears you used a pretty broad brush to paint(or tar & feather) this picture.

 

[rt3]

most of the large news papers are chained owned. social media has taken its place. US news services can't just tell you what happened they have to analysis it. Advertisement driven for more air time.

 

[dog lover]

I'd be interested to hear how you arrived at these conclusions, appears you used a pretty broad brush to paint(or tar & feather) this picture.

Extensive travel in Europe for decades, reading papers and watching TV in many countries, having prolonged business dealings with people from Australia and South Africa. Certainly doesn't cover the entire world, but a lot of our international peers and friends. Our available info pales in comparison to theirs. I suppose one can dig more info up, but what we get from the popular news media is all US centric.

 

[Warrigal]

I can't speak for other countries but Australians have always been thirsty for news from overseas. Since the very first days of the colonies, ships carrying news from England were eagerly awaited and since we are now one of the most multicultural communities on the planet this eagerness has expanded to just about every corner of the globe.

A note about the video in the original post - yes it is very old news and this situation has not been repeated. The Muslim community on the whole is keen to present a peaceful image and this kind of unruliness is discouraged. One thing that did come out of it is that the authorities were able to identify the ring leaders and keep them under surveillance. Several of them have had orders made against them that prevent them from travelling overseas and other activities that lead to terrorism. Our police and security organisations have a good track record at disrupting would be terrorists. Prior to NYE they swooped on a small group planning something deadly. With Australia Day coming up on 26th next I expect that we might hear that more arrests have been made.

Another reason why Australians are interested in world events is that we are enthusiastic travellers with a very high proportion of the population having passports. Some only go as far as Bali but a great many take trips to Europe, Asia and America. Once bitten by the travel bug interest in the countries visited is aroused.

 

[Sunny]

Our local paper (the Washington Post) covers world news extensively in its main section (Section A). The other sections cover local, sports, and entertainment news. On Sunday there are additional sections, such as Travel and a section called Outlook, which has a selection of scholarly essays about world events. On Tuesday there is a Health & Science section. It is a very comprehensive newspaper.

 

[Butterfly]

I find I get a better idea of what's going on in the world from the BBC online. They cover a greater variety of things in many places and don't have a lot of the crap that CNN or CBS websites do.

 

[Debby]

Not surprising that Canadian & British sources present what is going on in the rest of the world that American's don't typically hear about.

The riot in Sydney Australia by Muslims is a good example.

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBritainFirst/videos/870403776438218/


Not that easy to access since it was posted on facebook but worth the effort to see what Australians think about,.

I don't find that our Canadian television news presents a better understanding of world events at all. I haven't read an actual newspaper in decades but as of a couple years ago, I've sort of given up on hearing the 'whole story' via CBC or CTV.

I've read about events going on in Europe that might be embarrassing to the Canadian government or the American government (on alternate sites) and doing a check into CBC or CTV or CNN or MSNBC, etc., find that oftentimes, they aren't mentioned at all.

One example was when Ukraine was imploding and 45 people in Odessa got burned to death deliberately by the rioters who wanted to get rid of the elected government, our North American news outlets didn't even mention it. BBC has a slightly better track record in my opinion although they can be very biased in their reporting, but at least they're 'more likely' to report.

Now I only watch CBC to see how the 'talking heads' are reacting to our local government policies and activities.

 

[Susie]

The US press doesn't cover world events, not the way all other countries do. It is the most selfcentric free press on earth. Usually countries that don't cover world news have government controlled news and are totally mushroomy. We have a choice and are not using it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump
Only making sure that we remain well informed!
Please be very careful with comments in order to avoid a lawsuit.
I find the report about M.T. fascinating (even more her background!)

 

[WhatInThe]

The US press doesn't cover world events, not the way all other countries do. It is the most selfcentric free press on earth. Usually countries that don't cover world news have government controlled news and are totally mushroomy. We have a choice and are not using it.

They cover it but unless the readership including internet shows interest by clicking on the channel or viewing the story it will be on to the next story if one is so lucky or they will milk the same story into oblivion. Throw in some editorial bias yes many international stories won't get the attention they deserve.