bird flu from asia?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

To be fair to cacophony's position, it would be hard to argue that the media was more a culprit than pre-existing tensions towards the egyptian christian minority by the ruling muslims. The culling decision happened quick, it necessarily targeted a particular sect, and it didn't happen in other countries where the christians are not as numerous enough as to pose a threat.

Not necessarily MORE a culprit, but certainly a vital culprit. Regardless of how many factors were at work in this particular story, it was undeniably the media's opportunistic pounding of the swine flu panic button that actually pushed the tensions over the edge.