I haven’t blogged anything about the tsunami and devastation in South Asia, largely because it’s superfluous — there are any number of fine blogs (some created to the purpose) and news orgs covering the story. Still, it’s simply astonishing in terms of magnitude (not even counting the 9.0 earthquake that triggered it) as well as the destruction and loss of life.<\/p>\n
Mercifully, the coverage I’ve heard has been mostly about the disaster and the immediate recovery efforts. The spinning of Bigger Meaning (whether it’s “It was caused by Bush-created Global Warming” or “See, a Sign of the Apocalypse Unleashed Against Unbelievers”) has been, mercifully, missing so far. Just wait.<\/p>\n
One odd side note: I have to wonder how many news organizations had already pasted together (or even sent to print) their “Biggest Stories of 2004” — not realizing that one of the biggest stories would happen in the last week of the year. It would be sadly ironic if, from an historic perspective, this disaster ends up under-reported due to end-of-the-year news cycles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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