Dan Minette invoked My name in vain: > >I'll stand corrected if Alberto tells me that the actions of Britain and >France are covered by the Brazilian media at anywhere close to the level >that the actions of the US are. > Let me check yesterda's newspaper O:-)
** Front Page: 1 news about Vatican [br saint - the first one - canonized] 3 local news [one of them cites a _false_ statistics -- they said that three babies died of hospitalar infection on Thursday in certain Hospital, and, by coincidence, my wife _was_ there, and she knew that, that day, one baby died because he was born with 590 grams and he was in bad condition, and another one died in the ICU [she doesn't know the reason]] 1 news about the "team" that will "play" in the World Cup 1 news about Israel 1 news about Cannes [France] 1 news about blogs, mentioning the USA. ** International Part: 3 news about the USA [Cheney saying that a new attack is a certainty; CIA trying to recover from the setbacks; the new Bin Laden video] 1 news about Israel [another bomb-man] 2 news about the Vatican [Pope asks for prayers for himself; with an interview with a Cardinal] 1 news about East Timor [became a country yesterday] 1 news about Colombia [fear of terrorist attacks in the election's eve] ** Science/Life part 4 brazilian news 1 news about Argentina [pictures of Aconcagua] 1 news about Greece [statue found] ** Economy part lots of local news 1 news about Spain and Britain [Oil companies of Spain and British Airways have some problems...] 1 news about Argentina [yawn... two more banks close] 1 news about Spain [anti-globalization protest] ** Conclusion I think Europe might be as important to us as the USA - as there are about the same number of news for each side. So, you are right, because Britain and France together get less cover than the USA. Alberto Monteiro
