media coverage on the other 90%

I was watching CNN some time ago, and they were covering a story on Britney Spears. It seems that new channels are spending more and more airtime covering useless stories such as which celebrities are pregnant and who’s dating who, and not covering actual world news. The United States seem to be so preoccupied with themselves, they rarely care for world politics and issues (and if they do, it’s only because they had been affected). If major American media sources covered more world issues, I’m sure that more people will actually take notice and care. If we were constantly bombarded with information or a specific issue, people are more likely to take some sort of action. Take the recent American presidential election for example. Every single form of media resources was constantly covering the election, scrutinizing over details and ‘flip-flops’. Everyone started talking about the elections, and the result: one of the highest voter turnouts in American history (just 1.3% lower than the record high in 1960, Kennedy vs. Nixon) where over 133 million Americans voted.

If the same type of enthusiasm and persistence were to be put to bringing the other 90% into the spotlight, I believe the world would be a much better place. The United States of America is one the major super-powers of the world and has a huge impact on the world. If we focused on educating the people of 1st world nations on world issues such as famine, war, AIDS etc, or popularizing them, there would be more people willing to take actions to solve these problems. If America could use their power and wealth towards promoting life instead of death (war on Iraq) I believe the world would be a better place.