I agree these are important stories. These things impact significantly the world around us. But there are so many other important things that happened in 2006 that the news made little noise about, such as the following:
- Our changing climate - There was some reporting on this, but hardly to the degree it deserves. The affects of climate change are so obvious this year across the globe. The news should be litered with commentary and stories regarding this fact, but it isn't.
- Our modified food supply - There was some talk in popular media of trans fats and such, but very, very little considering is dangers. And almost no talk about genetically modified foods, and other harmful and dangerous things the food industry is doing to the food supply that sustains us and our children.
- Persecuted Christians - There were literally thousands of Christians persecuted last year. It appears such stories went unnoticed by our news media.
- Starving Children - Children are starving across the world everyday, and yet Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got far more media play than these children. This isn't just a problem in third-world countries. In our western countries, there is an increase in starving children too.
- Loss of religious freedoms - A bill was passed by Himachal Pradesh banning "forced" or "induced" religious conversions in an attempt to enforce Islamic principles. This is a loss of religious freedom in our world.
These are simply a handful--there is more than this, certainly. Unfortunately, there are things that happen in our world that our western news media simply ignores. Mainstream news really isn't news. It is the telling of those stories a media moguls want to tell in the way they want to tell it--and nothing more.
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Interesting to know.
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