<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Readers on this list might be interested in the following criticism/analysis of American TV coverage published recently in the San Francisco Chronicle; it makes many of the same points Roger does:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/18/DDFN1ICTA0.DTL">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/18/DDFN1ICTA0.DTL</a></div><div><br></div><div>The print coverage has been considerably better. The following graphic made by the NY Times provides an indelible visualization of the the tsunami's devastation, in case you missed it (the graphic superimposes before and after satellite images with a slider to show the change):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html?hp</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jesse Kalin, New York</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Roger Macy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Arial"><h1 style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><font size="5">Media coverage of the quake and tsunami in Japan</font></u></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; ">Dear KineJapaners,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span>I was also glad to have the silence on this list broken and to hear from friends.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I sincerely hope that those I have not yet heard from are safe and do not have friends or relatives afflicted by these tragedies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; ">There have been direct and indirect references to media coverage of the disaster on the threads ‘Fundraising Screening of CALF …’ and ‘the eerie silence on KineJapan …’ [which we have well-and-truly broken!].<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>But I would like to hear of members’ takes on the coverage when they are ready.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>My own contribution is a little long, so feel free to file or delete.</p></font></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>