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Originally Posted by CptSternn
Look, I would love to post a story about corruption in Canada or some other first world nation, but very few pop up. There are always some from third world countries, but sure, if a country has no democracy and is run by dictators, is posting stories about how they act like dictators newsworthy?
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YES. Which is why AP, Reuters, CNN, BBC News and every other news organization I'm aware of, actually does report on them. Because they ARE news. As are wars, famine, slavery, etc.
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Originally Posted by CptSternn
But do you not think those topics are worth discussing? Do they not merit discussion? Are you happy with how those topics are being handled?
To stifle discussion of any topic would mean to censor the free exchange of ideas here.
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I'm not saying they shouldn't be discussed.
But here's a survey I did just now of the top world news stories from a few sources:
CNN - Top World News Stories
Ex-NYC top cop to advise UK on gangs
Egypt protesters call for end to military rule
American kidnapped in Pakistan, U.S. Embassy says
Gadhafi's forces control oil hub, government says
Leak at North Sea oil platform being 'managed,' Shell says
Mexican soldiers uncover 'narco-tunnel' to U.S.
North Korean fishermen returned home, S. Korea news says
Opposition group to boycott Bahrain's election
Official: Pakistani soldier sentenced to death in videotaped killing
Opposition: Syrian tanks move into new town
BBC News - Top World News Stories
Deadly assault on Afghan compound
Suu Kyi makes rare political trip
Four dead as US stage collapses
Syrian warships 'shell port city'
EU chief welcomes Italian plans
Bachmann wins US Iowa straw poll
Fierce fighting in key Libya town
China unrest over chemical plant
Bollywood star Shammi Kapoor dies
UK police wary of 'supercop' plan
London holds key Olympics test event
Yah00 News - Top World News Stories
Libya rebels enter strategic town near Tripoli
Pakistan quizzes suspects over abducted American
Syrian navy hits Latakia to crush protests
Bomb blast at hotel kills 11 in southwest Pakistan
Israel plays down September face off with Palestinians
China says will shut plant as thousands protest
PKK rebels kill 3 Turkish soldiers in ambush
Iran's "nuclear partner" Russia seeks to revive global talks
Gadhafi forces, Libyan rebels fight in Zawiya
19 dead in attack on Afghan governor's compound
20 years later, ex-USSR is a cracked mosaic
Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city; 10 killed
Norway killer back on island for reconstruction
Cheers in Myanmar as Suu Kyi travel tests freedom
Britain's top cop slams UK role for US crime guru
WFP expands relief work in famine-hit Somalia
Gunmen abduct US man in brazen raid in Pakistan
Castro turns 85 quietly but still a force in Cuba
Note the repeated showing of news stories from
AROUND THE WORLD. It's like this every day.
This just proves that you choose to be highly selective in what stories you decide to repost, which was my point in the first place.