Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Questions from the audience: Less international coverage means less coverage of smaller countries?

Carreño asks if there even is coverage. Do you ever hear of Paraguay?

Sotero said that, then again, there isn't that much coverage of countries like Bulgaria. He said Brazil's coverage in the U.S. is like France's coverage in the U.S.

Also, younger people are just not reading newspapers and this creates cutbacks in such areas as foreign news. Sotero likes reading a newspaper but students of the future will probably not and, instead, get their information online. Newspapers are dying.

McDonald, however, had the audience (composed mostly of American University Students) raise their hands to see if they liked holding newspapers and a majority of students raised their hands. Not that such an informal survey means anything but it seemed to make Sotero feel better (he smiled anyway).

Rockwell said to look at alternative media for coverage of smaller countries.

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