From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 13:53:20 MST
> In a message dated 2/1/2003 12:35:40 AM Central Standard Time,
> thespike@earthlink.net writes:
> but perhaps the real reason Oz media are so
> cosmopolitan is that so large a proportion of the population arrived
> from Europe and Asia in the last couple of generations.
A rather large percent of the population of the US was born elsewhere,
and the US remains far more ethnically diverse than Oz, or Canada, or
Britain, all countries claiming to be more cosmopolitan than the US, so
that ain't it.
Oz, like Canada, are rather miniscule population wise compared to the
US, less than 10% of our population. So there is an automatic limiter
on how much stuff goes on in those countries. They are essentially
comparable to one of our larger states like New York, California,
Massachusetts, or Texas, in terms of amount of newsworthy content being
produced by people every day. So, while Oz nationwide news coverage has
an essentially 'local' level of news coverage equal to one US state,
everything else that your news covers is essentially 'international' in
nature.
Here in the US, first we have our local coverage, then there is the
national coverage, which affords 10-20 times more content than the
local coverage generates (a large part of which is filtered out due to
lack of local interest), and only then do we get to 'international'
news, which is of even less interest than other areas of our own
country.
Beyond this, keep in mind that the US produces more media content than
most other nations combined. Once we've waded through our own, there is
precious little time for hearing about the rest of you, much as you all
do your best to force yourselves upon us....
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Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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