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Slow news day: Few are talking about the war in Ukrain

 If you want to discuss the failure of the popular press is the lack of overall news this second week of August 2022.  Except there is still stuff going on.  The war in Ukraine continues to see death and destruction, but again reading the main sheet you would be hard pressed to find anything about this.

Fatigue is a common issue, it was the problem with the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Americans simply didn't care anymore (not that they really cared that much to start with), 9 in 10 American could not show you Iraq or Afghanistan on a map of the world...despite America fighting there for nearly 20 years.

The same is true for the Ukraine conflict, sure there's the odd article on how Russia is suffering from the blockade, that some North Korean soldiers will be sent to the front to support Putin (with friends like that who needs enemies...).

Still, the war in Ukraine is no longer part of the front page (or in some cases the back page), it's not being discussed.  Sure we have seen some refugees (even here in Quebec) but really the press has moved on, the buying public rather read about the latest breakup between two Hollywood stars than about the war in Ukraine.  

One thing is for sure, using a curated website that provides you information on specific events (such as the War in Ukraine, and other issues) shows that there is still a lot of news being produced but to the MSN it's of little interest...then everyone wonders why people are not reading newspapers anymore.

c'est la vie!

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