can the internet fill in the gaps?
I came across this talk by Alisa Miller on TED, entitled "Why we know less than ever about the world."
Miller, who heads Public Radio International, makes valid -- if not disturbing -- points about how the quality of news coverage in the US and on the Internet has dropped. So much so that today's young American knows more about Britney Spears and less about what's going on outside his country than his counterpart 20 years ago.
With much of international news dependent on coverage by US-owned networks, where does this leave the rest of us? Are non-Americans as much in the dark?
Can the Internet -- blogs and other alternative or indie news sites -- fill in the gaps in news coverage?
2 comments:
Well, Chingbee, the Americans and much of the Western hemisphere have always been ignorant about the rest of the world. Problem is most of us in the rest of the world, know more about America than our own countries.
the previous posting was from me ... vanitha
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