The Listening Post - Ignoring Chechnya - 17 Oct 08 - Part 1

At the start of October, the war-ravaged and almost forgotten territory of Chechnya, was hit by two big stories: an earthquake and snap parliamentary elections. However, the territory is conspicuous by its absence from the international media agenda. We look at why the global mainstream media seems to have a collective blind spot in the Northern Caucasus.