disaster tourism
Exaggerated distress
And by the way, if I may digress: the extent of the economic distress in the United States is being wildly exaggerated in the mainstream media.
Yes, the stock market has fallen and, yes, a lot of people have lost jobs and homes, forcing them to make painful personal sacrifices.
But to hear the media describe it, you'd think thousands of Americans were starving to death in the streets.
This isn't Haiti, Somalia or Myanmar, folks.
For many people in the US, the economic crisis means they will be somewhat less well-off than before.
Yes, there is poverty in this country. But like everything else, poverty is a relative term.
An awful lot of people in truly poor countries would be mystified by what we consider to be "economic woe".
Rob Reynolds
And by the way, if I may digress: the extent of the economic distress in the United States is being wildly exaggerated in the mainstream media.
Yes, the stock market has fallen and, yes, a lot of people have lost jobs and homes, forcing them to make painful personal sacrifices.
But to hear the media describe it, you'd think thousands of Americans were starving to death in the streets.
This isn't Haiti, Somalia or Myanmar, folks.
For many people in the US, the economic crisis means they will be somewhat less well-off than before.
Yes, there is poverty in this country. But like everything else, poverty is a relative term.
An awful lot of people in truly poor countries would be mystified by what we consider to be "economic woe".
Rob Reynolds