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Lack of Georgia-Russia Conflict Coverage

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Why has there been such a lack of coverage of this significant event? A world superpower has declared war to over (lets face it) a de-facto providence of Russia within Georgia. As a result our (USA's) third biggest military supporter in Iraq had to be recalled to protect their homeland... and it's possible Georgian athletes may be recalled from competing in the Olympics.

Provided things carry on and devolve it's likely going to result in a significantly profound break down in relations between America and Russia.

Yet here on Sunday evening our news channels are feeding into an overblown political sex scandal, or showing non-stop documentaries about state prison.
 
I bet no one has reporters in place. There was no real indication this would happen, and Georgia isn't a place anyone has a bureau. Plus, borders are probably officially closed.
 
Fully agree this is an important shortcoming of our (USA) 'journalists'.

C(BS)' Sunday Morning show had a very brief recap of the conflict then spent 10-12 minutes on a rehashed version of the John Edwards sex scandal.

Given that even minor military events anywhere in the world can have consequences for us I would think that any intelligent news producer would want Americans to know exactly what is going on. But I have heard this conflict described as an invasion by Russia, an invasion by Georgia and a reaction by Russia. Still don't have all the facts. Maybe next week when oil prices hit the ceiling again due to the unrest we'll then find out what happened.

Thanks to the true news professionals I now know all I need to know about a former politician's affair even thought it could have been summed up in two sentences and is not likely to affect anyone other than the principals involved.

Dumbing down America apparently starts at the very top.
 
If the network news is anything like the local Phoenix rag, they have reporters in Atlanta and can't figure out where South Ossetia is.

The last time something occurred in the nation of Georgia, the rag published a map pointing to the U.S. state - I kid you not!!
 
No, they moved it to a watermelon patch just outside Cordele!
 
landtuna said:
Thanks to the true news professionals I now know all I need to know about a former politician's affair even thought it could have been summed up in two sentences and is not likely to affect anyone other than the principals involved.
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Not entirely true. Edwards' scandal, or more accurately, his reaction to it, has had a profound effect on the U.S. political landscape. Consider:

The affair occurred in 2006. Had Edwards had an ounce of shame, he would not have been running for president this year. Or, had the news media done its job, rather than relying on the National Enquirer, they'd have uncovered the scandal sooner, which would have made Edwards radioactive to much of the electorate. In either case, Edwards would not have been a factor in the January 3 Iowa caucuses. It's safe to say that most of the Edwards votes came from Clinton, not Obama, so Clinton would have taken Iowa by a landslide, and we'd have had a markedly different presidential race.
 
jsu5381m said:
I guess with the conflict, The Bulldogs won't win the sec ;D
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The war's with Russia, not Florida and Alabama... Maybe it's time for Florida and Alabama to invade Georgia and put the real Georgia flag back up in Atlanta! They still fly it in south Georgia.
 
poledo said:
jsu5381m said:
I guess with the conflict, The Bulldogs won't win the sec ;D
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The war's with Russia, not Florida and Alabama... Maybe it's time for Florida and Alabama to invade Georgia and put the real Georgia flag back up in Atlanta! They still fly it in south Georgia.
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If Russia is gonna fight Florida or 'Bama, they gotta get an offense plan first. Playing in The Swamp is tough. The Tuscaloosa crowd can be considered the 12th man, too.
 
What makes me really really sad about the Georgia-Russia conflict coverage, is one news web site (that will remain nameless) showed a map of Georgia (the state), and indicated that Savannah was being invaded. I kid you not. I really wish I was kidding, but I'm not.

I have no idea how the ___ got that wrong, but they did. Hopefully it was an intern writing the story. After I saw that mistake, I didn’t even take time to finish reading the story, since it seemed like no one took the time to edit it.
 
notalkallstatic said:
What makes me really really sad about the Georgia-Russia conflict coverage, is one news web site (that will remain nameless) showed a map of Georgia (the state), and indicated that Savannah was being invaded. I kid you not. I really wish I was kidding, but I'm not.
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I just hope it was a news parody site like "The Onion" -- if not: "sigh". If the site was a radio or TV station: there goes my last ounce respect for them.
 
The issue is that...Georgia is the name of both a US state and a sovergn nation that has nothing to do with the US state (and is the only instance). There is a lot of confusion from people. If the unintelligent viewer turned on the news, they would think Putin was making a march through Georgia and burning down Atlanta like Sherman. This could be solved by refering to the country of Georgia as the Republic of Georgia (both verbally and in graphics).

As for the coverage...the Olympics, US elections, and the bad economy have everyone preoccupied. However, once Russia blows up the oil pipelines and gas goes $6.00 a gallon...expect that to change.

This is the first time (for the most part) in several years the American news media has gotten its priorites straight (exception being anything dealing with sex and celebrities gets prority). They still have a lot of work to do.

Stephen Colbert just got done apologizing to Canton, Georgia (just up the road from Atlanta) for calling it "crappy" (he was talking about Canton, Ohio when he made the joke - the local media here in Atlanta was all over it, including WXIA/WATL which had a morning reporter do a dark building live shot at 5 AM about it...but I digress). Colbert better watch out before he has to apologize to the entire state of Georgia.
 
This thread is amusing, fascinating and sad all at the same time!! It's hardly "news" (pun intended) that the US media flubs on a big international story that is not in one of their usual haunts. This has been going on for at least 25 years.

Way back, when I was a kid, the US news media seemed to have a better grasp on international affairs - of course, this was before the advent of budget cuts and focus groups. While I think that the BBC is unnecessarily biased to the left (case in point, their fawning over Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chavez), they do cover stories like this one very well. In fact, our media is embarrassing by comparison.

The relative importance of this conflict and the relative lack of information about it on our domestic news programs really brings their shortcomings into focus.

Given some of the pretty, young and dumb faces that show up in many local newsrooms these days, I would not be a bit surprised if one of them expressed shock over Russia's invasion of Georgia, commented that they hope that Nashville isn't destroyed (that's there, isn't it?), then went back to watching The Hills. ::)
 
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