Priorities

Gunmen hold Moscow theater crowd

Audience held hostage after mid-performance raid

BREAKING NEWS

Moscow, Oct. 23 — Up to 30 armed men seized a Moscow theater in the middle of a performance on Wednesday, firing shots into the air and taking the audience hostage, the Federal Security Service said.

From the scant information that has been received so far, the kidnappers seem to be speaking in a Chechnian language, and have allowed children and Muslims leave.  Other captives have been allowed to use their phones.

This is a story I'd like very much to learn more about, but CNN, MSNBC and FOX NEWS are, of course, still covering the sniper story.  This actually manages to create an intersection of 2 of my recent complaints - that American's are far too self-centered and care little about what happens outside our borders, and the obsessive coverage of the sniper story. 

Why is something like this given such a low priority just beause it happens away from our shores?  1,000 people under threat and being help hostage should, one would think, be a major story, regardless of where the incident is taking place.