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[poliphilo]

As soon as Egypt exploded the TV news stopped bothering with Tunisia and as soon as Libya exploded the TV news stopped bothering with Egypt. 

The pictures coming out of Libya are still dramatic enough to hold the attention of the broadcasters, but only just- and they've been pushed way down the agenda by the troubles in Japan. 

This isn't journalism, it's tornado chasing. 

Comments

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

"tornado chasing" -- I like that image. Proper reporting would not let one story die altogether simply because another big story comes along. The question remains: How do we get up to date reporting on continuing stories?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Sadly, proper reporting is a minority interest- and doesn't pay.