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I dont read newspaper all that much here in Australia, but I do watch TV news regularly. Especialy over the last week or so, since the demonstration trouble in Thailand. I try and catch the major bullitins just to see if there is anything happening.
They do show some footage from Thailand, but it does'nt appear to be a major topic,
often the last thing they show. Actually the tsunami that hit Thailand a couple of year ago,hardly got a mention in the Australian medi. According to the news reports, Indoneisia was just about the only place that was affected, why I dont know.
To me, the Australian Governent are not all that worried about Thailand. It is just a tourist destination and a place where the occasional drug runner is stuck in the slammer.
Personally, because many people know my wife is Thai, I get asked about the trouble in Thailand. Am I worried about going there, my reply is always no, im'e not
I tell them, I still think Thailand a safer place to be in than much of Australia. Usually when I explain why I believe that to be, they agree.
As for what we see on TV or read from the media, we are told what they want us to know, similar to America. The only time you read in a news paper what the writer has written. Is when it is a paid for advert, after that the editor's can drop a sentence or a word or two, slice TV footage and turn the story completly around.
What I see or read is taken with a grain of salt.
To answer part of your question, would I have taken notice if I wasnt all interested in Thailan. For me yes, I like to think there are many interesting things happening in the world, other than who is going to win the football at the weekend.