Interesting satirical look at news coverage from Vox cited in todays Politico. How Russia & China would cover Ferguson crisis if they had American style journalists. Check out the whole story at bit.ly/1AqtLuY. -- How wed cover Ferguson if it happened in another country, by Voxs Max Fisher: Here ... is a satirical take on the story you might be reading if Ferguson were in, say, Iraq or Pakistan. FERGUSON - Chinese and Russian officials are warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the restive American province of Missouri, where ancient communal tensions have boiled over into full-blown violence. ... The crisis began a week ago in Ferguson, a remote Missouri village that has been a hotbed of sectarian tension. State security forces shot and killed an unarmed man, which regional analysts say has angered the local population by surfacing deep-seated sectarian grievances. Regime security forces cracked down brutally on largely peaceful protests, worsening the crisis. ... A lawless expanse of dogwood trees and beer breweries, Missouri is located in a central United States region that Americans refer to, curiously, as the MidWest though it is nearer to the countrys east. bit.ly/1AqtLuY (h/t MarginalRevolution)
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:35:08 +0000
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