Sunday, June 3, 2012

Unlocalised news

As a father of young children I was interested to see the following in my news feeds:

Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
Senator Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.
Relevant / Sun, 27 May 2012 14:04:53 GMT
Maybe we will take that Tasmanian trip after all. The trouble is that his name doesn't appear among current Senators. Click through to the story and you get the following:
May 28, 2012
Senator Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.

Yes, but what state is he from?
The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week...

 Ah...

And what doubtlessly Murdoch owned, hopelessly Americanised news purveyor was this? Who divides the world between "Senators" and "non-US Senators" when we have Senators of our own Down Under? It would be the non Murdoch owned Sydney Morning Herald.

But of course we must abolish the monarchy to do away with the cultural cringe...