Bush Visit Doesn't Interest World Media

A Burdensome Stone ARUTZ SHEVA (Israeli National News) - By Hillel Fendel - January 10, 2008 Only 50 reporters from around the world arrived in Israel to cover the meetings between US President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Danny Seaman, Director-General of the Israel Government Press Office, says international interest in the Israeli-Arab conflict has faded. When former US President Bill Clinton came a decade ago, 1,000 journalists descended upon Israel from the world media. Seaman emphasized, however, that "when we count how many journalists arrive, we don't count the 130 or so who arrived with Bush as part of their regular White House coverage, and also the hundreds who are here on a regular basis." Seaman told Arutz-7’s Hebrew-language “Freedom of Broadcast” show, “The preparations we made for the international media were very complex and involved. The Prime Minister’s Office set up a special team, headed by Deputy Director Amnon Ben-Ami, to coordinate all the details.” The wane in world interest in international news was noted three years ago, Seaman said, “when fewer journalists than expected arrived to cover Arafat’s death. In general, the world is more interested in local news. In addition, of course, there have not been any significant breakthroughs in the talks with the Palestinians, and none are expected, so there is not much to come for… They have learned from the past; they have had enough of 'hopes' ever since the beginning of the Oslo process.” - - - - http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/124869 FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of religious, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.