http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/01/the_slaves_are_still_in_the_masters_house.html black looks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/01/the_slaves_are_still_in_the_masters_house.html#comment-228 Kenya Hudson Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:11:39 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2005/01/the_slaves_are_still_in_the_masters_house.html#comment-228 Her explanation of the intensity of coverage makes sense. In most cases, media focus on the familiar and the parochial. It reminds me of the American coverage of the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Beyond the tendency to just say African rather than note the countries, I was annoyed that in the first days we got constant updates of the number of Americans killed and injured, but those of Kenyans and Zambians (many of whom worked for the US) were few and far between. Her explanation of the intensity of coverage makes sense. In most cases, media focus on the familiar and the parochial. It reminds me of the American coverage of the bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Beyond the tendency to just say African rather than note the countries, I was annoyed that in the first days we got constant updates of the number of Americans killed and injured, but those of Kenyans and Zambians (many of whom worked for the US) were few and far between.

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