Pleased though I am that Obama seems to have clinched the nomination, I was angered to find that story trumping Myanmar on the cover of this week's Economist. I wonder if foreign editions had different covers? I hope so.Update: Complained about this to some friends last night and was shot down in a hurry. They argue that the media is so restricted in Myanmar that there are simply not enough facts or pictures available to justify a cover story. If things loosen up and there are more eyes on the ground, they say, Myanmar will get its dubious distinction - perhaps next week. I bet they're right. Stay tuned.
3 comments:
Jake, let's not follow the mainstream media and call it "Myanmar." That only appeases the dictators that try to prevent their people from getting food. The military dictatorship gave it that name in 1962.
Let's stand with the people and call it Burma.
Can you update this, please! Surely, something else has occurred in the last 12 days.
Let's call it earth and say pots to all the dictators, foreign AND domestic.
My Spot
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