I think the media are every bit as racist as they accuse the Republicans and Bush of being. If they don't investigate a story, how is the average person to know of it (unless it suddenly occurs to us one day, "Hey, I wonder whether there's anything going on in Uganda or Sudan today, I'd better look into that"). Just like Clinton, they found the fighting in the Balkans amongst people who "look like us" more compelling than the millions being slaughtered by terrorists and thugs in Africa.
You are correct. I find it disturbing that the left wants say we only want democracy for those nations with oil. They seem to love cherry picking who should be free. European TV covers this all the time. Most of their coverage is of dead Ugandans and UN people standing around scratching their testicles. We get fed this crap about how one party in our government is evil while the press neglects the true evil around the world. There are real human rights violations going on in Africa and the Arab world. Libs seem to think nothing of these because they are too concerned with illegals being shipped back to Mexico or Bush listening to their calls to their terrorist friends.