It might also be locality. Tunisia is what, 300 miles from France? No matter how inwardly focused they are, you can be sure US newspapers would cover a revolution in Mexico or Guatemala.
(Admittedly, CNN would wait until after the revolution had a twitter page.)
Norway is 2500km[1] away with no noticeable Tunisian population, but the media has shown a lot of interest. but locality can't be a factor here. It is a relatively popular Tourist destination of course, so that may make the country more relevant.
[1] Distance between capitols according to Wolfram Alpha
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As far as I know every French newspaper made his first page about Tunisia since one or 2 weeks.
http://www.liberation.fr/
http://www.lefigaro.fr/
http://www.lemonde.fr/
Spain: http://www.elmundo.es/
Germany: http://www.spiegel.de/
I suppose that the US media don't focus on news that are not on the national political agenda and they tend to be more focused on the inside.
It might also be locality. Tunisia is what, 300 miles from France? No matter how inwardly focused they are, you can be sure US newspapers would cover a revolution in Mexico or Guatemala.
(Admittedly, CNN would wait until after the revolution had a twitter page.)
> It might also be locality.
It is. It is also that Tunisia is a former French colony.
Norway is 2500km[1] away with no noticeable Tunisian population, but the media has shown a lot of interest. but locality can't be a factor here. It is a relatively popular Tourist destination of course, so that may make the country more relevant.
[1] Distance between capitols according to Wolfram Alpha
There is a sizable Tunisian population in France.
and Germany ?