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Thursday, June 30, 2005

What media bias? Part MMIXVII

From Reuters (who else?), via LGF:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch woman who swears by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life celebrated her 115th birthday on Wednesday as the oldest living person on record.

Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher, was born in 1890, the year Sioux Indians were massacred by the U.S. military at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
Yes, and just 283 years after the Paspahegh Indians launched an unprovoked attack on the Jamestown Colony of Virginia, killing one and injuring 11 others. Your point?

MORE LINKS: Here's a surprisingly even-handed article on Bush's African aid plan from the BBC. Money:
Mr Bush announced the US would double its aid to Africa over the next five years, "with primary focus on reforming countries".

African leaders, he said, must be the "agents of reform" rather than "passive recipients of money.

The announcement is in addition to $674m (£350m) in aid for Africa promised by Mr Bush in a summit with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier this month.

US government development aid is lower than most Western countries when measured in terms of gross national product, but its non-governmental donations are much higher.
Finally, someone in the media recognizes that the American people are among the most charitable on Earth, at least in passing. With this kind of coverage and Bob Geldof's recent comments regarding Bush on Africa, maybe we'll see American policy in the region get a fair shake from the pro-Africa "activists" and an opportunity to make a difference.

Also, Irish Eagle has the details on President Bush ducking a question on Malcom Glazer's take over of Manchester United (most likely because had no fucking clue what the interviewer was talking about). It reminds me of this humorous anecdote from the US-Mexico round of 16 game from the 2002 World Cup:
The invitation arrived at the White House a few days before last week's historic World Cup victory by the United States over Mexico.

It was from the Mexican President Vincente Fox, suggesting that President George Bush and he watch the game together, as a gesture of friendship between neighbouring nations. The reply came, from a member of Bush's staff: the President would be asleep at that hour of the night.
Something tells me that President Bush doesn't follow soccer as religiously as some.

Comments:


I remember reading that about Bush & Fox at the time. I remember after watching the game wondering what Fox's face would have looked like when the whistle sounded on Mexico's World Cup campaign. Fox would have been disgusted and Bush would have been either asleep or bored.

posted by Blogger Eagle @ 2:00 AM