Although you were trying to draw lessons for Nepal during the emergency, I was intrigued by your comparison of western media coverage of the Gulf war and the current Afghan campaign, "Animated supension" (#73). In fact, the international coverage, especially on CNN, Fox or the BBC, isn't much better than during the Gulf War. It is only now emerging that the international networks totally under-reported the civilian casualties during US bombings, often knowingly because reporting it would have cut their access to the frontlines.
Philippe Benoit
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