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[chromodynamics]

I've been so busy I haven't been able to do these in a while.  Even if you aren't interested in particle physics, the comparison between the two science stories I have below is very telling about the state of American corporate media, in my opinion.

• Gaming
• The Ten Best RPG Characters in Film, TV and Literature  This would make a good meme.  Jayne's in his list.
• Just For Fun
• Great expectations?  That's right, a Charles Dickens themed amusement park.
• West rises in China's back yard  An article about how the latest building trend in Chinese suburbs is modeling them after Western cities.
• Movies
• JJ Abrams Confirmed to Direct Star Trek
• Paramount Officially Announces Trek XI for Christmas 2008
• Serenity named top sci-fi movie
• Time For the Earth to Stand Still Again
• Science
• Big Bang at the atomic lab after scienctists get their maths wrong
• Compare this to: Timeline for particle collider in doubt  Notice anything different about the European and American stories?
• Results from Fermilab expirement resolve long-standing neutrino question
• Society
• Wiccan symbols okay for soldier's graves  Follow up to an article I previously linked.

Comments

[zorb]

The China article reminds me 1) of Westworld (in a roundabout way) and 2) of this article I read in Wired today.

[if0x.livejournal.com]

The different takes on the LHC are fascinating! One wonders if the American media would have been so modest had it, say, been an Iranian company providing the stuff...

[chromodynamics.livejournal.com]

That was an interesting article as well. It sounds like that if a person is an urban developer looking to be creative, China is the place to be.

[chromodynamics.livejournal.com]

Indeed! My guess is that if it had been a European institution that made the mistake, it would have definitely found it's way in the article (though perhaps in a non-confrontational way), and if it had been Iranian, it would have been in the headlines! I'm curious, though, what would the articles have been like if it had been a European mistake. Would they both delight in pointing it out, or would we have the reverse of the situation we have now? Is the bias regional, or just American? I guess it would be hard to tell in this hypothetical case, as a UK publication might be just as happy to point out the fault if it had been French or Italian as American, for example.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

My top ten list would at least include Hiro, I think. *ponders*

SHUT UP YES I AM WORKING ON THE PAPER BUT SOMETIMES A GIRL NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE WHILE SHE EATS HER HAM AND PROVOLONE OMG!!!

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