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I'd wager that a very rare explosion/possible terrorist action in America is likely therefore to be more relevant than an earthquake (which is not uncommon) in an Arabic country where they don't put milk in their tea.

So you want news that affects you as an English-speaking Westerner living in a first world country or do you want news from different cultures in second and third world states? It seems to me that an explosion in America has far more relevance to us (as I've explained previously) than an...

Not at all. It means that we relate more to it because it's easier to understand for all those reasons I stated. Notwithstanding - America is the most powerful country in the world. Take the presidential elections - covered worldwide. Do you know the Indian, Chinese and Indonesian Presidents'...

Why is everyone too coy to admit that we are more likely to be told news about countries where we have strong ties, share a language and whose culture plays a massive role in ours? America and Britain are very close allies. Not to mention the likelihood that British people might be caught up in...

Why do people always bring up this silly argument when it's an American tragedy? I just had a look back at what was posted on NSC around the time of the Norwegian massacres. Funnily enough no-one (including you Napper) was moaning that other tragedies were going relatively unreported although in...