[WikiEN-l] Chile earthquake article vs Haiti earthquake article

[Rob]

There's also the lack of interesting controversies to spur editors'
interest in the Chilean earthquake.  With Haiti, you had Pat
Robertson's stupid comments, the alleged attempted kidnapping of
orphans, the invasion of Scientology, etc.  Haiti's geographic
proximity also increased relative coverage.  The US English language
media also largely ignores Latin America unless Hugo Chavez says
something to hurt our feelings.

Of course these theories only apply to US-based editors.  It would be
an interesting exercise to geographically map out IP addresses and see
where the interest and lack of interest is coming from.