AMERICANS ANNOYED

[Robin Hood]

AMERICANS ANNOYED BY "ALL THIS INTERNATIONAL SHIT" ON INTERNET

www.satirewire.com/news/0010/international.shtml

[Ardbeg... innit]

God Bless all the Domestic Shit on the Internet!!

[Irish Stu]

The profusion of international news available on the Internet has made it increasingly difficult for the average American to ignore the rest of the world, a trend researchers say threatens Americans' long, proud history of disregarding anything not about them.

"With all the foreign newspapers and multi-cultural sites, the Internet is making it almost impossible for the average American to remain uninformed and apathetic," said Samantha Lessborn of Washington State University, which conducted the survey. "Americans can still do it. But it now takes effort, whereas before it was as easy as turning off Tom Brokaw whenever he said 'In South Korea today...'"

Not withstanding the fact that sometimes the rest of us might want to keep our news to ourselves and not have to share it

Simon

[Chicago Jake]

I feel the same way when I get a call from the New York Times trying to sell me a subscription. Hello, McFly?? We do have newspapers in Chicago, you know!!.....Jake

[Robin Hood]

Hell Jake, down here in the sticks we are lucky to get "Jimmy Joe Bob's News". I am sure you other flatlanders know the paper, the one that tells you "Mrs. Smith's mom and dad visited from Ohio"

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robinhood said:

Hell Jake, down here in the sticks we are lucky to get "Jimmy Joe Bob's News". I am sure you other flatlanders know the paper, the one that tells you "Mrs. Smith's mom and dad visited from Ohio"

Given all of the issues that the NYT has had the past couple years, Jimmy Joe Bob's News is probably a more reliable source!

[Tex]

The New York Times calls me occasionally here in Texas wanting me to subscribe. I used to enjoy reading their paper, in spite of its editorial slant, until they started fucking with the facts. Same with the BBC World Service...I have an old Zenith Transoceanic with a huge aerial that pulls in the BBC here in Texas like it was next door. Their five minute news at the top of the hour was an excellent brief summary of what was going on in the world, until they too started fucking with the facts.

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Tex

If you ever feel the urge to give the BBC World Service a second try you can catch their internet feed here...

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

They seem to be very consiously trying to recoup their status from their previous judgement errors in broadcasting quality (unlike it would appear, the NYT who seems to be more arrogant than ever, in terms of self-policing their reporters)