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Why are most US news programs silent about Iran-Saudi deal announced at Beijing on March 10th?
I think this gets a bit more oversold in China, relative to the US, that's why you're so surprised. Coverage does exist, at least in [digital] "print", sometimes actually quite laudatory of ...
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Why are most US news programs silent about Iran-Saudi deal announced at Beijing on March 10th?
In addition to my comments that suggest part of this is American News Media has a historically poor record for covering international stories unless it is a tragedy OR involves U.S. interests in some ...
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Why are most US news programs silent about Iran-Saudi deal announced at Beijing on March 10th?
It seems that CNN finds movies more important than Chinese foreign policy. Look what they talk about:
SVB,
Ukraine,
Oscars,
the Jan 6th riots,
and, somewhere in the depth of the site, Iran-Saudi-...
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Why are most US news programs silent about Iran-Saudi deal announced at Beijing on March 10th?
Your premise is flawed.
Cable news is not the be-all and end-all of western news.
This has been receiving enough exposure to be a top news item in Google News continually since the moment it dropped. ...
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Why are most US news programs silent about Iran-Saudi deal announced at Beijing on March 10th?
See also: Why is the media concerned about the sharia and the treatment of women in Afghanistan, but not in Saudi Arabia?
The reason is the same - ultimately the news agency needs to focus on what ...
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