Here, on the Canadian East Coast, we get french-language news bestowed upon us by Radio-Canada in Montreal.
What really is local Montreal or Québec news is presented as national news to the rest of French Canada. For example: if a child is struck by a schoolbus in Saint-Hyacinthe or if a house burns down in Montreal leaving four people homeless, it’s usually the leading story on the national news feed from Montreal. There are dozens of examples of this.
However, if a house burns down in Moncton leaving four people homeless, I can guarantee that doesn’t get reported on *Le Téléjournal’*s Montreal newscast. Mind you, the record-breaking snowfall this year was reported - the photos were too good to pass up.
GIANT SNOW PILE. FEB. 28, 2015. BRIAN STONE (note: that a pile of snow in/from a local store’s parking lot.)
Anyway, I’m trying to figure out why/how this fire, a building burning in NYC, is nationally important (actually “important to the world” news). It’s astounding just how many news services around the world reported this event. Chauvinism?
