Comments on: SpeakStrong in Politics: You don’t miss what you don’t see http://www.uniteandconcur.com/2008/04/06/speakstrong-in-politics-you-dont-miss-what-you-dont-see/ A reasonable dialogue about reasonable political dialogue Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:39:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: DLPoff http://www.uniteandconcur.com/2008/04/06/speakstrong-in-politics-you-dont-miss-what-you-dont-see/#comment-29 DLPoff Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.uniteandconcur.com/blog/2008/04/06/speakstrong-in-politics-you-dont-miss-what-you-dont-see/#comment-29 I've often wondered just what you mentioned. "Whatever happened to ..." I read articles but rarely see follow-ups on them. Is no news really good news? One thing I started doing a few years ago was finding other news sources outside the US. I use the BBC quite a bit and even the English version of Al-Jazeera on occasion. Unfortunately, I am monolingual, so I have to find English versions of these news sites, which can sometimes be difficult. Still, I find it fascinating to see: One, what news is news in other countries. Two, how other countries "spin" American news. Three, how other countries report their own news. It makes you think about how our own news organizations function. I’ve often wondered just what you mentioned. “Whatever happened to …” I read articles but rarely see follow-ups on them. Is no news really good news?

One thing I started doing a few years ago was finding other news sources outside the US. I use the BBC quite a bit and even the English version of Al-Jazeera on occasion. Unfortunately, I am monolingual, so I have to find English versions of these news sites, which can sometimes be difficult.

Still, I find it fascinating to see: One, what news is news in other countries. Two, how other countries “spin” American news. Three, how other countries report their own news.

It makes you think about how our own news organizations function.

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