Re: Colonial Resistence

Stephanie Wilson (swilson@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU)
Mon, 6 Dec 1993 13:21:32 -0600

> On Sat, 4 Dec 1993, wilkr wrote:
>
> > Grodon Roe - Could you give us some more details. South of the border
> > region, we haven't heard a thing about this. Remember, the
> > core-periphery structure is repeated internally in metropolitan
> > countries! Some times the periphery of the core is more marginal than
> > the core of the periphery!
> >
> This issue has been picked up by CNN and NBC who have done stories on
> how people have been trying to bring newspapers published in Buffalo and
> Detroit across the border into Ontario. The papers carry stories about a
> set of murder trials in Southern Ontario in which the judge has ordered a
> ban on publication (within Canada) so that the defendants can receive a
> fair trial.
>
I have to agree about the core/periphery statement above. Interestingly
enough, the controversy surrounding the case has made CNN Headline News,
but because CNN broadcasts in Canada, all CNN viewers are being told only
that there is a controversy, but not what the trial is about.