I find it puzzling that the news on TV has continuously relegated this story to the end of their telecasts behind Congressional hearings and “Balloon news” which keeps repeating itself over and over again. It seems to me that when 25000 people lose their lives in an enormous disaster that it should be the “Top” of the news. I realize it is halfway around the world in two foreign nations, but doesn’t a tragedy that enormous merit the number one headline? Help me if I am wrong.
The entire tragedy has fallen off the front pages of all the major news-sites. Now you have to actively search for information. I know that all the usual western countries have sent rescue teams and other assistance, but it will be decades before the country recovers from this earthquake. And given the current incompetence of most institutions who will be worried that any assistance is based upon D.I.E. principles any major assistance will be slow to appear.
Gone are the days that a rapid response team of competent personnel can be assembled and deployed to set up assistance centers.
Of course you are right, but the left’s agendas always come first, and this earthquake does not advance leftist agendas.
I agree.
Moreover, this event should stay in focus because quakes of similar strength, far more widespread effect, and longer duration of strong aftershock series, are increasingly "due" in our own New Madrid Seismic Zone.
We are ill prepared for such.
In the MD, VA, DC metropolitan area, the coverage on ABC, NBC, and CBS has been relatively short. THere has been reporting on local search and rescue groups and dogs heading for Turkey. There is a lot more coverage on BBC News, NPR; and other public radio sites.
It will certainly be interesting or sad to see what happens at the next new moon or full moon, since there certainly is a tendancy for bad quakes to occur around those times. Turky had serious quakes and deaths on the north border some years ago. The political implications for Turkey’s May elections will be affected.
The impact this will have on the Russia/Ukraine war is yet to be factored in. This would certainly be a good opportunity for Putin to save face by turning around and going home. THen he could offer big aid to Turkey and help Assad clean up the Syrian mess to distract from his disastrous war and look like a humanitarian hero.
Perhaps it is cruel wishful thinking, but what if Chine had a huge earthquake? In the past there have been urban quakes that have killed 100,000 and more people. Take China’s mind off of Taiwan for a while. Lost the mandate of heaven???
Many factors to consider as a result of this quake disaster.
The American media has lost all of its humanity along with its credibility.
You need to turn to foreign sources, like the Jerusalem Post, to learn about world events.
in the USA, this weekend, it’s all about Super Bowl.
Garbage in— garbage out, 24/7.