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To: Elroy who wrote (2110)	7/9/2007 12:40:49 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 4152

<As far as finding out more about the world, do you think Americans care about the rest of the world as much as they do about a sale at their local supermarket or who is playing in the high school football match? We don't. Hell, if you live in Arizona you don't even care much about the East Coast, much less events in Bolivia.> That is exactly how Bush got elected -- understanding how little Americans knew about, understood or cared about what is going on in the rest of the world. Canadians, Germans, Britains - they are all more world wise than Americans and their media reflect this interest. You could argue that America has the media it deserves -- pack journalism, soundbites, propaganda and tabloid news. Journalism was once a profession with standards. Now it is just a sideshow and a tool for government policy.