Re:About Ukraine
by kasey_junk on Friday January 31, 2014 @10:21AM
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To clarify a few things:
1. This was not an article from the Washington Post newspaper. It was from their online blog group. In many news outfits this is a signal that the output can be in a less formal tone/pass a different set of editorial hurdles.
2. A maxim in the American newspaper business has historically been to write to an 8th grade (12 and 13 year old) audience. They have historically felt that the American newspaper buying audience is ignorant.
3. Ukrainian politics does not receive very much coverage from the mainstream news organizations in the United States. For instance, cnn.com only has 1 story on their front page about the Ukraine and it is well below the fold. Foxnews.com has 1 story but it is headlined with highly sensational text.
So in short, yes I suspect a large part of the United States news paper reading public could use a refresher on the Ukraine protests.
Curiously, in your country how much coverage do you receive of the politics of Texas? How much about the Philippines?
2. A maxim in the American newspaper business has historically been to write to an 8th grade (12 and 13 year old) audience. They have historically felt that the American newspaper buying audience is ignorant.
3. Ukrainian politics does not receive very much coverage from the mainstream news organizations in the United States. For instance, cnn.com only has 1 story on their front page about the Ukraine and it is well below the fold. Foxnews.com has 1 story but it is headlined with highly sensational text.
So in short, yes I suspect a large part of the United States news paper reading public could use a refresher on the Ukraine protests.
Curiously, in your country how much coverage do you receive of the politics of Texas? How much about the Philippines?