A lopsided view of news around the world

Interestingly, the global news coverage has been shrinking since last year. More surprising are the events that were covered. If you watch the video you will find it odd that the world consumes showbiz news like pac-man gobbles up power pellets.

TED | Talks | Alisa Miller: Why we know less than ever about the world (video)

Strangely enough, this talk does prove its point that we now know less about the world even with the ubiquity of the internet.

Another report - To much anglo-US coverage- proves the point aforesaid :

Children's television focuses too much on the UK and America, leaving viewers in the dark about the rest of the world, according to a new report.

The International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) commissioned a study of how children's news and factual programmes have portrayed world affairs in the past year. It found that nearly half the international children's programmes on British terrestrial TV came from North America. Read more.