Re:We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it
by burkaman on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:08PM
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Well I wasn't trying to criticize Americans, so no argument here. I think there are good reasons for this imbalance.
But I think it goes farther than French people knowing who Obama is. Yes, for every French article about Obama, there's an American article about some world leader. But French newspapers also have articles about a scandal at the University of Missouri, local police shooting stories, and again this Keystone stuff that frankly nobody should care about. US news doesn't carry that kind of story about other countries, because frankly I don't think anybody would care.
But I think it goes farther than French people knowing who Obama is. Yes, for every French article about Obama, there's an American article about some world leader. But French newspapers also have articles about a scandal at the University of Missouri, local police shooting stories, and again this Keystone stuff that frankly nobody should care about. US news doesn't carry that kind of story about other countries, because frankly I don't think anybody would care.