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From the Ted Talk by Alisa Miller: How the news distorts our worldview
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How does the news shape the way we see the world? Here's the wlord based on the way it looks — based on landmass. And here's how news shpaes what Americans see. This map — (alupsape) — this map shows the number of seconds that American network and cable news organizations dedicated to news stories, by ctnrouy, in February of 2007 — just one year ago. Now, this was a month when North Korea agreed to dltasmine its nuclear facilities. There was massive fndioolg in Indonesia. And in Paris, the IPCC released its sutdy confirming man's impact on gaolbl wirnamg. The U.S. accounted for 79 percent of total news coverage. And when we take out the U.S. and look at the remaining 21 percent, we see a lot of Iraq — that's that big green thing there — and little else. The combined coverage of Russia, China and India, for example, reached just one percent.
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How does the news shape the way we see the world? Here's the _____ based on the way it looks — based on landmass. And here's how news ______ what Americans see. This map — (________) — this map shows the number of seconds that American network and cable news organizations dedicated to news stories, by _______, in February of 2007 — just one year ago. Now, this was a month when North Korea agreed to _________ its nuclear facilities. There was massive ________ in Indonesia. And in Paris, the IPCC released its _____ confirming man's impact on ______ _______. The U.S. accounted for 79 percent of total news coverage. And when we take out the U.S. and look at the remaining 21 percent, we see a lot of Iraq — that's that big green thing there — and little else. The combined coverage of Russia, China and India, for example, reached just one percent.
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How does the news shape the way we see the world? Here's the world based on the way it looks — based on landmass. And here's how news shapes what Americans see. This map — (Applause) — this map shows the number of seconds that American network and cable news organizations dedicated to news stories, by country, in February of 2007 — just one year ago. Now, this was a month when North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear facilities. There was massive flooding in Indonesia. And in Paris, the IPCC released its study confirming man's impact on global warming. The U.S. accounted for 79 percent of total news coverage. And when we take out the U.S. and look at the remaining 21 percent, we see a lot of Iraq — that's that big green thing there — and little else. The combined coverage of Russia, China and India, for example, reached just one percent.
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