I just wanted to call your attention to this very funny satire by Max Fisher over at Vox entitled 'How we'd cover Ferguson if it happened in another country'. The premise is pretty simple:
How would American media cover the news from Ferguson, Missouri, if it were happening in just about any other country? How would the world respond differently?
Here are a few tastes:
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.
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America has been roiled by political instability and protests in recent years, which analysts warn can create fertile ground for extremists. [Ain't that the truth.- DM]
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Complicating matters, President Obama is himself a member of the minority sect protesting in Ferguson, which is ruled overwhelmingly by members of America's majority "white people" sect.
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Analysts warn the violence could spread toward oil-producing regions such as Oklahoma or even disrupt the flow of American beer supplies, some of the largest in the world, and could provide a fertile breeding ground for extremists. Though al-Qaeda is not known to have yet established a foothold in Missouri, its leaders have previously hinted at assets there.
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Though Ferguson's streets remained quiet on Friday, a palpable sense of tension and uncertainty hung in the air. A Chinese Embassy official here declined to comment but urged all parties to exhibit restraint and respect for the rule of law. In Moscow, Kremlin planners were said to be preparing for a possible military intervention should political instability spread to the nearby oil-producing region of Texas.
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