Does the U.S. Media Care About the Possible Disaster Unfolding for Bangladesh?

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By Chris Mooney
Nov 14, 2007 10:39 PMNov 5, 2019 10:19 AM
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We have a Category 4 cyclone barreling down on what is possibly the most vulnerable place in the world for such a storm. So I just visited CNN.com. No mention of it whatsoever on the front page. Stunning--but at the same time, not unexpected, no? Incidentally, my latest take on Cyclone Sidr is now up at the Daily Green. At this point, it's all about how high the storm surge will be...

UPDATE: Welcome Andrew Sullivan readers...Hurricane expert Jeff Masters has a more detailed discussion of the possible disaster unfolding. And Dan Shapley of the Daily Green sets this storm in the broader climate change context.

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