== ITN == 

 We obviously got off on the wrong foot big time.  By all means, I encourage you to nominate stories you feel are worthy of posting.  If you can do so without making insulting comments about Americans, or how the story would be posted if it happened in the US, etc., we won't have any further problems. 

 If you look at my actual contributions (I supplied a list in the ITN thread), you'll see 19/21 stories I wrote this year are not US-based items.  Most of these would have never been posted if I didn't write the stories.  I do read American news source (which believe it or not does report international news quite well), but I also regularly check Australian, Indian, and South African news.  Between these, I see most important stories - South America is the only region I rarely see stories from, which is due to my inability to read Spanish, not intentionally omission. 

 In practical terms, I do more to combat systematic bias (in the news) than almost anyone else.  As a measure of good faith, tell which which you'd rather I write - the vagina transplant story or the china water story - and I will write the article.  Since I already wasted most of my evening arguing, it probably won't be tonight, but I will write the article.