> Haha, good. But actually I didn't give a shit that this
> particular piece of American current affairs is not on my
> radar and wasn't asking for an explanation (and to be
> honest I basically deduced all that from the commments so
> far anyway).
>
> Simply pointing out that to think you have to be under a
> rock to not know this news,, to a guy who lives in Germany
> for christs sake, is like me saying to people here they're
> living under a rock cause they didn't know that south east
> queensland is currently under Level 5 water resitrictions,
> or who the federal Minister for Education is.
>
> -- G.
>
Of course! Actually, that was my first thought, but being as you asked something I figured that explaining it wouldn't be too off the line. You are right, that there is a high level of unrealistic perception concerning American media. I think that the internet helps to contribute to that. Every sign on screen I see on Yahoo, for example, has an article about the Imus situation on it. I haven't been listening to any of the American news myself, even whilst I be in America. And the only thing I really know of the debacle is what is being written on this board. So, I don't really care much about it either.
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