Jon Stewart was 100% correct last night

[malaise]

Snowmagedon was nothing compared to the Volcano flight crisis but there is virtually no coverage in the US.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8631238.stm

A small number of flights have taken off in northern Europe after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland.

The Eurocontrol air traffic agency says it expects up to 60% of flights over Europe to go ahead on Tuesday.

Planes have been departing from Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt among others - though many flights are still grounded.

A new ash cloud spreading from Iceland has meant that most of UK airspace, including London, remains closed.

The UK's air traffic control authority, Nats, says it is unlikely that the main airports in London will reopen on Tuesday.
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EUROPEAN AIRSPACE 1100
BELGIUM - Airspace open. Limited service
UK - Airspace open over Scotland and Northern Ireland. Limited airspace over north of England. London airports remain closed
FRANCE - Limited flights from Paris to international destinations. Most airports open
GERMANY - Airspace closed, with some exceptions, until 1800 GMT on Tuesday. Lufthansa planning to operate 200 flights
IRELAND - Airspace remains closed
ITALY - Airspace open. Handful of flights resumed in and out of Milan
NETHERLANDS - Airspace open. Passenger flights arriving and departing in Amsterdam
SPAIN - Airspace open; all airports operating
SWEDEN - Airspace open
SWITZERLAND - Airspace open
DENMARK - Airspace above 16,600ft open. No landings
NORWAY - Airspace closed
POLAND - Airspace closed
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So far it's the only item on the BBC international news at noon GMT

[Fumesucker]

1. I'm not sure I agree..

Airports being closed versus virtually the entire infrastructure being paralyzed?

[GCP]

3. Millions of people affected all over the world

Vs a few million people affected in the north east states?

[Fumesucker]

4. Not being able to fly is one thing..

Not being able to travel at all, even to the hospital in a medical emergency, is another.

[qazplm]

7. a few million?

Pittsburgh, DC, Philly, Baltimore, most of Virginia, Delaware, NJ, WV, Pennsylvania, Maryland...

Heck just the four cities I mentioned are 17 million people.

do you think 17 million people are as affected by the plane situation?

I mean if we are going to go off pure numbers only.

I also dont get the surprise that national news trumps world news particularly when it's a weather disaster.

You dont think if France was caught in a blizzard like that, or Germany, they might give it a wee bit more coverage than if the winds were blowing the other direction and the US was having plane transportation issues? I'd think so.

I don't get the criticism and as people point out, its been all over the news.

[Renew Deal]

2. I disagree that there's been "virtually no coverage"

There's been plenty of coverage. It's been on the front of cnn.com for days. It's been on the front page of many newspapers more than once. And it's been all over TV. There's been segments about the story, travel, volcanos, airlines, rise, repeat.

[RandomThoughts]

5. I have been seeing alot of coverage on TV also. n/t

[Berry Cool]

6. Actually, I thought you were going to say Stewart was right about

"Those F%@#$*&!ng Guys!" (as in, Goldman Sachs and their Republican enablers, who are still determined to filibuster any regulation of them or their ilk, despite their success at ripping people off by deliberately concocting financial products designed to fail, selling them as winners and betting against them, then continuing to hand out bonuses to all and sundry every few months lest they lose any of their financial geniuses to another employer).

He was damn straight on that one. They ARE F%@#$*&!ng Guys.

[malaise]

9. He was 100% correct about them as well

:D

[TCJ70]

11. That segment was brilliant.

Especially when he was outlining where the fraud actually came in. There was fraud throughout the entire process.

[spanone]

8. our media is too busy propping up the teafuckers

[The_Commonist]

10. The point of his piece was that...

...winter snow is normal, yet "Snowmaggedon" was totally hyped.
Whereas a major volcano is unusual, and the coverage has been pretty lame.

Of course, in that other piece, Stewart showed, yet again, what an idiot Jim Cramer is...