This is a facile argument. One cannot presume to know the reason why something is or is not covered by the media - and so cannot be said to be more or less important than another event which wasn't c… (View Post)

This. Also - Empathy makes it a story to more people than just journalists. You speak only for yourself - it may not be a story for you, but it is to me, and plenty of others. I also feel for anyone … (View Post)

This is a graph of the unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/ Edit - Lame. It doesnt have the x or y axis. The highest the graph goes is a little over 10%. The da… (View Post)

I wasnt comparing the quality of life in North Korea vs China, I was comparing the agency its population has in governance. To my (untrained) eye, there isnt a particularly huge difference between th… (View Post)

I think the idea of something "lacking politics" in media (of any kind) is an inherently tricky proposition. In a pure sense, the idea that a political statement is not made in anyway shape… (View Post)