Angry Yemenites—News Comment #3
In Yemen, citizens protested an anti-Islam film and pretty much F**cked up the U.S. Embassy.
I think this is newsworthy because it is another incident involving Islamic people being unhappy with America and doing something about it. It is very recent, just happening yesterday (Sept. 12th), and I think it targets the entire U.S population as its audience. Because as we all know, an attack on one american is an attack on all americans. I dont think it is worthy of the “top of the fold”, but it is definitely a story that should be told.
September 13th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
It is is getting lots of exposure, though. Partly because
an ambassador was killed, and partly because Romney has
chosen to politicize it. But I think even without that,
anti-Americanism is news because of the potential threat.
We’re no longer able to ignore it or look the other way.
Don’t scrimp on analysis, Jordan. I know you’re bright
and you generally have something to say.