I really enjoyed our class session on the news. I had a pretty good idea that Americans aren't exposed to a lot of international news because my husband and I used to have satellite television so that we could watch Brazilian programming. We saw a lot of news on the Brazilian channel that we did not catch on U. S. channels.
But I never knew the reason why we don't get a lot of international news. I always just assumed that it was a Big Brother plot to keep us ignorant and unquestioning (I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist -- about everything!). It turns out that the real reason is much less sinister. The real reason is that it's too expensive for networks to have correspondants in foreign countries. Phew!
Anyhow, I'm glad Dr. De Abreu mentioned BBC, because now I'm following that when I can. I learned so many new things about what's going on in the world, and in our own country, the first time I visited.
So now I get my news from BBC!
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