I thought an American playing for the title of World Chess Champion was worth covering but the major networks including their websites have largely ignored it, presumably thinking Americans wouldn't be interested. I disagree, I think a lot of news watchers in the states would think it's pretty cool.
@notmtwain: We can't even agree on reality? You finding an article from St. Louis public radio doesn't refute that the American media has largely ignored it. Sure, an isolated story here and there but we're not getting updates from any of the major networks. If you need proof, try this: Ask people who regularly follow the news who aren't in the chess world if they know about it.
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@notmtwain: We can't even agree on reality? You finding an article from St. Louis public radio doesn't refute that the American media has largely ignored it. Sure, an isolated story here and there but we're not getting updates from any of the major networks. If you need proof, try this: Ask people who regularly follow the news who aren't in the chess world if they know about it.
I agree there wasn't a lot of coverage but American media wasn't silent. There were also articles in Time, Newsweek, Forbes, the New York Times, etc.
I thought that the NPR article was interesting. The effort to bring the world championship to St. Louis seems promising and would certainly offer better conditions to spectators than occurred in London.
A Canadian television network has finally found the World Chess Championship important enough to mention, now that it's produced its final result:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chess-championship-carlsen-1.4924121
I suppose, from what the article says, and from this thread, it's a good thing Carlsen won: the chess craze in Norway will continue, while Caruana would have had no chance of igniting one in the United States.
On Good Morning America there was a story about a really big cow in Australia that didn't go to the butcher, another story about how people sometimes dont delete all their information from their phones when they get rid of them, and another story about the backlash after a woman used makeup to make herself look darker or more African American. I dont think this world chess championship has much chance of competing with those stories.
probably because Caruana isn't really American. if Sam Shankland was the challenger then people would be cheering in the streets waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds.
probably because Caruana isn't really American. if Sam Shankland was the challenger then people would be cheering in the streets waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds.
Caruana was born in Miami. He is a real American.
probably because Caruana isn't really American. if Sam Shankland was the challenger then people would be cheering in the streets waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds.
Caruana was born in Miami. He is a real American.
Yes, he certainly is. But he's an American of Italian descent, instead of an American of British descent, and that would probably matter to the kind of people who drive pickup trucks and drink beer and fire weapons irresponsibly.
And aside from ethnic bigotry, the fact that Fabiano Caruana looks a little bit on the nerdy side, while Sam Shankland is of a muscular and athletic build like Carlsen might encourage the press to pay some attention to America's "unlikely" Chess Grandmaster.
Also, Bobby Fischer was Jewish, after all, so instead of focusing on Fabiano Caruana's roots, perhaps what would have caused the media to focus on his challenge to Magnus Carlsen would be if, as I've joked before, Norway had invaded Estonia. Norway is one of America's NATO allies, not a hostile country, so there is no real Cold War-style drama to provide a larger context to the game.
The news media is not interested in reporting news anymore. It is now their job to induce fear mongering, strife, bickering, and lies, and anything related to the kardashians.
Caruana was born in Miami. He is a real American.
Yes, he certainly is. But he's an American of Italian descent, instead of an American of British descent, and that would probably matter to the kind of people who drive pickup trucks and drink beer and fire weapons irresponsibly.
The news media is not interested in reporting news anymore. It is now their job to induce fear mongering, strife, bickering, and lies, and anything related to the kardashians.
It took them a long time, but the other networks finally figured out what made Fox News the #1 entertainment "news" industry in America for the last 16 years, but yes, you describe them perfectly.
Other than the things you list, like fear, it's important to never introduce an idea that wouldn't fit on a bumper sticker or that couldn't be understood by a 10 year old.
The news media is not interested in reporting news anymore. It is now their job to induce fear mongering, strife, bickering, and lies, and anything related to the kardashians.
It took them a long time, but the other networks finally figured out what made Fox News the #1 entertainment "news" industry in America for the last 16 years, but yes, you describe them perfectly.
Other than the things you list, like fear, it's important to never introduce an idea that wouldn't fit on a bumper sticker or that couldn't be understood by a 10 year old.
Goes right along with the study from a few year ago that proved goldfish have a longer attention span than humans. I remember wayyy back in the day when espn had to cut their clips down to something like 20 seconds, because their studies had shown people lost focus after 20 seconds.
IMBacon, please shorten your sentences. They are hard to understand. 
probably because Caruana isn't really American. if Sam Shankland was the challenger then people would be cheering in the streets waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds.
I have yet to meet an American who hates people of Italian descent. And I live in a rodeo town.
Actually, I find it somewhat amusing that you call other people racist and then proceed to stereotype a nationality as "waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds." Seems kind of hypocritical ... just sayin'.
IMBacon, please shorten your sentences. They are hard to understand.
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probably because Caruana isn't really American. if Sam Shankland was the challenger then people would be cheering in the streets waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds.
I have yet to meet an American who hates people of Italian descent. And I live in a rodeo town.
Actually, I find it somewhat amusing that you call other people racist and then proceed to stereotype a nationality as "waving flags, drinking beer, driving their pickup trucks, and shooting bullets at clouds." Seems kind of hypocritical ... just sayin'.
He didn't use the word racist.
But even if he did, especially considering the last 2 years, the argument that amounts to "racists don't exist in the United States" is ridiculous even though it seems to be popular.
I thought an American playing for the title of World Chess Champion was worth covering but the major networks including their websites have largely ignored it, presumably thinking Americans wouldn't be interested. I disagree, I think a lot of news watchers in the states would think it's pretty cool.