The Summit Vs. The Santas
Posted on December 8, 2007 - Filed Under Africa, media |
 
Stephen Castle of the International Herald Tribune reports, “Intended to bolster Europe’s influence in Africa, a summit meeting between leaders from the two continents was dominated Saturday by tensions over trade and direct criticism from European leaders of human rights violations in Zimbabwe.”
This is the first summit in 7 years between the African countries and European Union, so it is indeed significant. At least we think so. Apparently, the American media thinks otherwise. This summit has received no attention here.
On Saturday afternoon, at 5pm, CNN.com had 15 other stories it was covering. Apparently, 7,269 Santa’s arrived in Las Vegas today - which set a new world record for such a gathering.
CNN touts its photos of this record-setting event by its ‘i-reporters.’Â Maybe if CNN used its power and influence to encourage i-reporters to take photographs of conflicts and post them on the CNN homepage (and not some page that no one can find), people would pay more attention to international strife.
Or maybe that doesn’t get as many click-thrus and ad revenue as a story on Santa Claus… What do you think is more important?
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You are right, this is getting ridiculous. I hope your site launches soon!