So almost 70 miners get trapped and nothing on the cables but for less than ten

[RB TexLa]

everything is covered?

Isn't it amazing the differing value America puts on different people's lives.

[Canuckistanian]

1. There are no rich heiresses down there

That's for sure.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. No cats, no radioactivity, no news,

No different than any other day.

So, what's up with Britney, Lindsay, and Paris?

--p!

[MADem]

3. No good PICTURES. No video of collapsing mines, no images of running miners

The families won't wail and claw continually for the cameras.

Pictures, pictures and MORE pictures!! No pictures and pathos, no story!

A fat old guy making pronouncements in front of a dais isn't enough to keep the ball rolling...

[RB TexLa]

5. They've given this one much more coverage than the ones in China

they were barley mentioned.

[MADem]

6. It happens all the time in China. It's like manhole covers blowing up in DC

After the tenth one, they stop reporting it ....

[0007]

4. ....but .. but these miners were big Paris Hilton fans. (just joking)

[piedmont]

7. Do you find it peculiar that Americans care more about events that happen in America?

I don't. And horrendous accidents in Chinese mines isn't new or "news." It's almost routine.