The Hypocrisy of Western Media

It's a known fact that America and Israel have more than a close relationship, but recent events suggest that Europe too is starting to follow in American footsteps. When Ariel Sharon was hospitalised, we had the tamasha of BBC moving it's news anchor to Jerusalem and the news broadcast from there !!! But if my memory serves me rite - no such thing was done when the Tsunami attacked Asia or the killer quake rocked India and Pak !!! The international community stood like a Rock behind Israel. Condoleeza Rice cancelled her trip to Australia and waited for Sharon to recover !!
Far Worse is the plight of African nations - they hardly ever make it to the news bulletins .. The other day we had this article in the HINDU Magazine where it was mentioned that the media panders to the public taste - i.e. they are publishing what people wanna read !! So news stories like the spread of AIDS in Africa, how malaria is killing millions of children in Africa often never make the headlines !! Coz they are not sexy enough !! The other day a reporter remarked - only a million people were killed by the tsunami, but we loose ten times more each year in Africa due to preventable diseases like Malaria !!! But we hardly ever make the headlines !! A sad state of affairs indeed !!