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Originally Posted by New Era
This is so true. Nothing that happens within the borders of one country is ever visible to others, especially when it is reported in the news media. If only there were this information warehouse and distribution network that anyone from any country could access to find out what was going on in another country. The guy who comes up with that will do a great service to humanity and become very rich. Paging Al Gore! Paging Mr. Al Gore!
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Sarcasm aside, tell me everything you know about the Prime Minister of Australia, right now.
The availability of the internet obviously doesn't mean people are actively reading foreign sources. For nearly everybody, Americans will only see what CNN and Fox tells them, and Britons what BBC says, etc. And that coverage is often superficial or focused on an single event.