[J_Player]

Originally Posted by Max

"In the USA most average Americans only speak English, and will only hear the USA news broadcasts. "

Hmmmm...
sure it is, but it's not a real and important reason today.

I mean, they could watch BBC world, they could watch Al Jazeera international (english), they could see a number of international (english) reports/services (think e.g. at RussiaToday... a sat tv that make news etc ONLY in english!).

The problem with that english only understanding is now back... one must just have a sat receiver and a dish... or simply a computer and Internet and watch whatever he want in english, everywhere...

And even in places like China or Iran... no problems for "skilled" people... In US not even a problem... everything you can do... about... even buy a war-rifle at supermarket!
Ok... laws there are too... and limitations on some things... but cannot compare with e.g. Europe... where e.g. weapons control and selling is really strictly limited.

In USA the problem is that people have kinda of "autarchy culture" ...so they think simply don't need watching from a "different point of view".

Indeed that's the idea behind Al Jazeera international and other stuff... but seems not much US citizens watch it!

Autarchy... USA suffers from that disease.... I think. In everything.

Thats' my point of view , of course.

Then what to expect from autarchy system ? Autarchy e.g. press and newspapers or TV ?

I tell you... watch Fox and you'll see... just USA-centric presentation of world affairs and news... not even a different "point of view" there.

That's why I don't watch much Fox... I know already what they made without watching!

But, let me say that other countries is about the same... with very few exceptions... like northern europe TVs/news/press ... evn in UK there's a fairly clear way of doing about "interesting" stuff...

Don't you remember "how" some western tv channels spread images of gen. Colin Powell play with a glass vial at UN ... talking of Saddam's secret weapons... ???

And BBC what spreaded by its channels ??? Who remember that ???

Then what ?

Nothing... press/news are striclty controlled in most of the world... and "free" people/journalists are often killed in an elevator...

That's reality.

Kind regards,
Max

Hi Max,
When you say Autarchy, I presume you mean autarky, which means self sufficiency. The USA is self sufficient in some ways. At least they don't rely on any one particular industry to maintain their existence, and they don't require the aid of other countries for military strength. But this has little to do with what the average American watches to see the news.

The average American is too busy with working and raising a family to spend leisure time looking for lots of news broadcasts with different opinions. Most Americans watch the local news broadcasts because they will get the local sports news and weather forecast only when they watch the local news. These local broadcasts often have their own reporters read the world news that is handed to them by USA news agencies. Other Americans like to watch their favorite world news on CNN or other USA news reports. But rarely the average USA citizen spends much time listening to news broadcast from non-USA services, partly because they have become accustomed to their favorite broadcasts, and they want to get the spectrum of news they are accustomed to within a reasonable length of time so they have time to spend with their families and other activities. Many of the large news agencies like CNN and Fox will often put on short interviews with reporters from England and other countries, which gives the viewer the impression he is hearing the news from all over the world. Of course, the USA news agency will choose what foreign reporters are permitted to talk to their American audience. Most Americans have no idea there can be a large difference in the content of world news broadcasts from other sources.

The reason I came to learn there was a different version of the news is because listening to short wave radio broadcasts was once a hobby that I did in my spare time for more than a year. After seeing how much the news can change from different sources, I became aware that the USA news is not the only version, and is sometimes not the most accurate version. Since that time, when I hear about some world controversy, I will listen to some of the news broadcasts from the European countries, and South America, as well as from the Pacific. It does not take long to find out what most of the world is thinking about a particular world news event that way.

But not even I have time for continually listening to hours of news broadcasts every day. I found there are more important things to life, like metal detectors, for example.

Best wishes,
J_P