yeah, saw that after, thanks. It'd be good to have a link so we users know we're not going crazy or having browser bugs

Thanks, yes I know. It indeed should give an idea of where the content on Videosift comes from. Mostly usa.
We already have 3 geographical channels, uk/canada/asia
While in my tag research
http://www.videosift.com/talk/Video-tag-cloud-a-quantitativequalitative-reseach
also french iraq japan japanese
were mentioned.
Then we have
-india +-73 posts
-china +-118
-brazil +-42
-australia(n) +-180
-new zealand +-38
-south africa +-22
-iran +-83
-korean +-53
-german +-180
Well, I could go on but I'm afraid the distribution could be quite similar to the map, but with more focus on uk/canada/japan (and france) because of their pop culture.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
you know about the world map, right?
http://www.videosift.com/usermap

In reply to this comment by Eklek:
For those looking for world news try some of these
http://www.newspapers24.com/
http://www.worldpress.org/
http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm
http://www.ipsnews.net/

PS: Would be interesting to see the geographical distribution of Videosift posts..

Thanks Winkler!

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
I find stuff like Fedquip's post useful.. contextualizing and making meaning. ed Journalism.

You are welcome, it is one of my favourites!
I figured sooner or later it had to pop up on one of the less popular sites.
I hope it survives!

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Great find - thanks so much for fixing this!

In reply to this comment by maatc:
*promote

Thanks man Ive wanted that promoted forever.
Im stoked you like it.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
*promote

oh man - I was just joking around.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
suppose so.. *discard

My pleasure

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Thanks for saving this vid

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
I wonder how many people can go on the tour at the same time? Sifters should get together in NYC!

That's the problem. Too many people are easy persuaded by good TV, by flashy graphics, up tempo music and flowing quasi-American banners that read "Operation Iraqi Freedom". Followed by officials who speak of the threat to the American way of life. That is also a form of good TV, America's problems faced post 9/11 are encapsulated by a foreign state and a tactic of combat.

I think global warming is abstract but is easily convincing if its not presented in a skewed manner. Think of Al Gore's documentary, there is a vast proportion of criticism he left out settling mostly on citizens, he didn't speak of major heavy industries that produce most of the waste. Its a guilt trip seeming the average person has to augment his life in order to change Global warming, and not everyone from the top down not from the down and up.

Civil liberties can also be presented in a non abstract manner, but as long as they are presented as applying to foreigners and not to American citizens. The discussion is never "Should this be something America does?" but rather "What will terrorists do if we can't torture them?"

I believe its all a matter of presenting and framing the issues.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
That video shows a clear individual who we can judge..it's good TV, not abstract. Katrina is visual and visceral..global warming and civil liberties are not: http://www.videosift.com/video/Frogs-in-Boiling-Water-the-Psychology-of-Global-Warming

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
People seemingly get more railed up about police abuses captured on video then the continuing judicial abuses committed by the Whitehouse. One affects a minority the other affects the majority. Kind of like whats going on right now in the Senate:

Thank you, good Siftin' comrade!

Nobody can eat fifty eggs!!! cool hand luke. bitchin.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Did you ever eat fifty eggs?

No, but I read about it in an issue of popular photography months ago.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
How's it old news? Has it been done before?

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
*oldnews

http://www.videosift.com/video/March-of-the-Librarians



In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Funny vid if you haven't seen it... march of the librarians. "They come to learn, to network, and possiby, to mate"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ

No more *save, *promote is a dual-use power now and it's only for gold-100's.

In reply to this comment by winkler1:
Is it possible for you to save it?

In reply to this comment by fissionchips:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Frogs-in-Boiling-Water-the-Psychology-of-Global-Warming
I like this talk a lot, and the video works perfectly smoothly now. If you repost it be sure to drop me a note so I can vote on it.

This is dead, I don't know where to find a working version.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Christoper-Walken-Takes-a-Census

http://www.videosift.com/video/Frogs-in-Boiling-Water-the-Psychology-of-Global-Warming
I like this talk a lot, and the video works perfectly smoothly now. If you repost it be sure to drop me a note so I can vote on it.