Is the Myanmar coup being covered on American cable news?

[irisblue]

I get radio news from NPR & the BBC.
The BBC is doing a good job talking about it. In very very short this morning the BBC is covering the military coup in Myanmar and the military has been trying to force the local police to fire on the protestors. Several police officers went over the border into India, others went to Thailand. The military have evicted railroad workers from their provided housing b/c protestors have been given shelter there.


thx.


***_Edited to add-I do NOT have cable or TV, I do listen to radio based news media.

[Sympthsical]

1. I get most of my information from Reddit

People post videos and news stories fairly regularly about it. Our MSM seems entirely absent about it.

Our MSM is just terrible. Just loaded the CNN homepage. The first half is about the Covid bill. The second half . . . nonsense. Total nonsense no one ever really needs to know.

I mean, Taco Bell is bringing back the Quesalupa. That's something, I suppose.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

2. No, the only foreign news that gets covered is Brit royals airing their dirty laundry juicy bits

[Wounded Bear]

3. No...

there were a few brief mentions a couple of weeks ago, but nothing extensive at all.

[irisblue]

4. from Reuters...

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[Hortensis]

5. BBC was cut from our feed, but we have CNNI. Of course,

those inclined have Fox, OANN, and Newsmax. Googling says they're all "covering" it.

Both CNN and MSNBC are political discussion and mostly news free, especially MSNBC but I've seen discussion on CNN.

[abqtommy]

6. I don't know about "American cable news" since I get my information from international

news sources. That works very well for me.

[irisblue]

7. ok, are the news sources you are using talking about the coup?

[abqtommy]

12. Yes. There's plenty of news about the U.S. insurrection and what's going on in Myanmar.

Also news about floods, droughts, Meaghan and pics of kittens and puppies. And how to
eat toast and jam. I could go on but I won't. You've got to decide these things for yourself.

[irisblue]

15. wait, I

what are you meaning here.."You've got to decide these things for yourself?" I'm good with toast & jam
thx

[abqtommy]

16. Well, I decided years ago that most of the U.S. news media is a waste of airspace so I

found a replacement in foreign sources that satisfies me. You obviously have internet
access so it's up to you to decide where to get your news. If you're already proficient
in dealing with toast and jam I'm sure you could find other items of interest.

FYI I read the AlJazeera, BBC, CBC/Canada, Guardian and view the Reuters photos
on a daily basis.

Note: Although AlJazeera has been reported to have established a Right-wing blog I've seen no mention of it on their news site and have been unable to find out a way to access it. If I wanted to. I don't read Reuters news though I have that link available since it's more
of the same content I get from The BBC and The Guardian.

But don't let me influence you in your decision!

[uponit7771]

8. No, Tigers leg needs more time

[irisblue]

11. oh yeah, rich guy with a badly broken leg

[Mike 03]

9. BBC World Service (Radio) is so thorough in its coverage of world events.

Also, strangely, Bloomberg Radio overnight is pretty good on foreign and international affairs.

It used to be possible to watch Sky News and Al Jazeera English online (it may still be but I haven't checked recently). I know some people don't like Sky News, but I watched a lot of UK political and Brexit coverage on that station and found it to be decent coverage.

[irisblue]

13. do you have a Sirius like subscription device to get those choices?

[moonscape]

10. I get coverage about it from

International news, mostly Deutsche Welle and France 24, but Amanpour and PBS NewsHour do cover it also. I’d say international is more consistent though.

[frazzled]

14. PBS NewsHour covers it

I don’t know about the network news because I don’t really ever catch it.

Do not be surprised that cable “news” does not cover it: their business is political gossip, hurricanes, and scandal pretty much exclusively. Not news in general, and rarely any foreign news. I don’t watch it anymore unless there is a specific political event or issue (the Capitol insurrection, President Biden’s speech tomorrow evening) that I want to watch.