BBC's fasination with America

On November 11th I checked BBC's web page to look at it's format. What I found interesting was the headline story. In 1968 a US B-52 Bomber flying over Greenland with four nuclear warheads crashed. According to the US government only three warheads were recovered. Due to some complications in weather and technical difficulties the fourth warhead was never recovered. New findings by BBC about the missing warhead was the big headline. Today I looked again and the big headline is again about a video game which "takes a humorous looks at US politics."

Now my question is, is there really nothing going on in the whole world that the British Broadcasting Corporation puts an online video game about US politics as it's premier headline? This quite odd to me. The biggest thing in all of Britain is to talk about the US? It might be possible that I have no idea how important of a role in the world America takes.

All Eyes on the Steps

I've not had the opportunity to watch a Presidential Election as closely as this one. However, I think this has been a first time for many people around the country. Media coverage has been monumental and every move has been noted and commented upon. Now with the huge media machine that has been created there is no longer two or more parties to cover. All eyes will now be on Barack Obama. His every move will be reported. Every promise made in the past two years will be questioned. He has created some large shoes for himself to fill. In a Chicago Tribune article it list his every move from the time he won until the publishing of the article. It list the exact minute he left Grant Park in Chicago. He will be watched like a hawk until the media finds a new toy to report about. I think it will take a long time for that to happen. Much longer than the first 100 days in office.