[Dane]

Scant coverage in the U.S. media.

Had riots been occuring in the U.S. on 100th the scale, you would have endless wall-to-wall coverage on every U.S. media outlet and there would be calls for Bush's resignation

Exactly almost 3,000 cars torched in 2 nights and riots in a score of cities in a country 1/5 the size of the US in population and hardly anything on American TV or in the papers.

[KneelBeforeZod]

quick and dirty, just made this. maybe someone can make a better version. you can find the les miserables font on a google search. (didn't bookmark it)

[dasboot]

"Exactly almost 3,000 cars torched in 2 nights and riots in a score of cities in a country 1/5 the size of the US in population and hardly anything on American TV or in the papers."

Right.....they're gonna have to have a suicide bomber blow up a bus to get the message out. Can it be far-off?

[alisasny]

Exactly almost 3,000 cars torched in 2 nights and riots in a score of cities in a country 1/5 the size of the US in population and hardly anything on American TV or in the papers. Well how dare we criticize the French after the inept response to Katrina and New Orleans...after all its only the poor and downtrodden acting out....