Disappearing riots
I thought it was just me who noticed that the French riots had suddenly disappeared. I use disappeared advisedly. Even with the most effective curfew and policing one would have anticipated a tapering off. But non, the riots have disappeared from North American MSM. What could have happened??
Captain Ed at Captains Quarters noticed the same thing.
Does the American media suffer from ADHD and find themselves incapable of following an important story for longer than ten days? Or do they find themselves increasingly unable to explain the serious and continued violence despite the bribery and politically-correct strategies employed by French security forces? It seems to me that the media cannot bring themselves to admit that the uprising has more behind it than bored youths looking to blow off some steam and acting spontaneously and unilaterally. The riots have a purpose, and they have a central control structure — and that means someone wants to make specific gains from attacking France.
captains quarters
Turns out the riots have not ceased at all. In Lyon a power station was attacked. Thursday night’s Car-B-Que index was up Wednesday to Thursday.
Hmmm.
Written by jay on November 12th, 2005 with
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jay
#1. November 12th, 2005, at 10:04 AM.
Once again, PBS/NPR was still covering the news long after CNN/Fox had turned away. If you want quality news broadcasting in the States, you still have to turn to public broadcasting, it seems. Though it too isn’t perfect.