Why is a water main break in New York a national news story, but if it happens in small town America, it barely gets noticed? Because that's where Big Media is located, and they pay a lot more attention to their own backyards than yours.
Check this "Where News Breaks" graphic from the people at Strange Maps. On the top is your basic map of the US. On the bottom is a map showing the proportional coverage of news from the various states, based on 72,000 wire service stories in the 1990s.
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What an awesome site! I spent almost my entire lunch break looking at different maps. One of the most fascinating was the Armstrong/Aldrin moonwalks overlaid on a soccer field.
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