The Irish Trojan's Blog - The MSM is so predictable
The author is complaining that the mainstream media (MSM) only picked up the oil for food story once a Texas oilman was indicted. He's right about one thing, the MSM is predictable. But it's not the fact that it's because a Texas fellow who was indicted. It's because it was an American, and it actually affects people in America. Many people are remarkably focused on the things near them and an oil-for-food scandal had as much to do with our day to day life as a presidential corruption scandal in a Central American country or the Enron of Italy. It just did not matter to most people (And before you go bad mouthing Americans, I think most people behave this way... in Europe, because the countries are so packed together, you have to find out about the country next store.) But once there's an American in the mix... pop, people realize it could affect them, and they pay attention. I'd argue the MSM is exhibiting the symptoms phenomenon rather than being the cause.