No news on Burma
Disappointed.
That is, I am disappointed again and again with the coverage (or lack of it) in the media of certain events.
Iraq is a big deal—no doubt about it. It deserves coverage. And no matter what side of the issue you are on, most of us want to know what’s going on there.
But what about Burma?
The activity of the Burmese government (so sorry, they call it Myanmar now) is as atrocious as anything seen since the Nazis. It’s the kind of thing that would make Pol Pot proud.
Who’s Pol Pot? So sorry again. He was the leader of Cambodia during the late 60’s and early 70’s and was responsible for the systematic killing of one million of his own citizens.
The kind of thing that makes Stalin look like Charlie Brown cartoonist Charles Schulz.
But don’t feel badly if you don’t know about Pol Pot—the media didn’t give that situation much time either.
And how about Tibet?
As the Chinese government prepares their PR machine for the ’08 Olympics, many activist groups such as Amnesty International and the International Campaign for Tibet are screaming for media coverage of China’s atrocious human rights and environmental practices.
But I just don’t see a lot of it on TV. I do know exactly what is going on with Brittany Spears. .
Come on!
I am all for the First Amendment. I think the Constitution is right on when it protects journalists and their sources at all cost. But as the founding fathers intended, with freedom ALWAYS comes responsibility And as the press enjoys a great deal of freedom they should also be held to high standard of responsibility—not just to double check sources and use commas correctly—they need to do a more complete job of reporting. better job of deciding what is newsworthy. I have had enough of Michael Vick and O.J. Simpson. Let the courts deal with them. But how are those Buddhist monks in Burma? Are they still being tortured and killed? Is our government doing anything to help? What about ethnic cleansing and genocide in Dar Fur? What is the status there?
My local news won’t tell me.
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those Burmese use waterboarding to torture monks. oops, forget about that, it isn't really torture
Posted by Chimpy McFlightsuit on November 8, 2007 02:45 PMCompareing Pol Pot to Stalin and saying that Pol Pot was worse? Com'on. You want to use history as a basis for your argument then get it right. Over 20 million dies under Stalin. Pol Pot could not hold a candle to that.
Posted by on November 8, 2007 11:22 PMPol Pot didn't have as many years to kill people. Dimbulb
Posted by on November 9, 2007 08:14 AMStalin had help from the Nazis. Many of his victims were cannon fodder used to protect Moscow.
Posted by Stan B on November 9, 2007 11:46 AM