Jimspeak

I know the bulk of local news reporting is on community events and happenings in the area. But when important events transpire elsewhere in the world (yes, there is more to the world than the US, and yes, what happens there is important whether we want to admit that or not) I would think/hope that these larger news items would preclude the local ones, even if only for 30 seconds or so. Where is this coming from? The President of Chechyna was assasinated yesterday. This is a country that has been feuding with Russia since the break up of the USSR, with what seems like constant attacks by the Chechnyan rebels and reprisals by the Russian military. Now their President is assasinated during a celebratory gathering, but it does not get top billing on the local news (I didn't watch all the newscasts, just one of the locals at 9PM last night). What is their huge breaking news? Basically a dumpster fire that moved over to an apartment complex's garage. That was apparently the most important story of the night. Unreal. It's nice to have blinders on when looking at worldly events and our place in them, but that only lasts too long, until the effects of what happens elsewhere start to hit home.