Amy is right. The mainstream press is an echo chamber with its own economy of issues and angles - creating a resource and attention imbalance. (Thankfully, people are voting with their feet and abandoning old media.)

For a good list of the major US stories that the PR industry displaced in the last 12 months:
http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/catego...

# 1. US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street
# 2. US Schools are More Segregated Today than in the 1950s
# 3. Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates
# 4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina
# 5. Europe Blocks US Toxic Products
# 6. Lobbyists Buy Congress
# 7. Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past
# 8. Bailed out Banks and America’s Wealthiest Cheat IRS Out of Billions
# 9. US Arms Used for War Crimes in Gaza
# 10. Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate

The most inclusive and accurate big idea/summary I've seen:
"A Bride for the Son, a House for the Father, a Body for the Son, and a Family for the Father" - Frank Viola

"Traditionally, we have begun the Biblical story with the fall of humans in Genesis 3. The result is that the entire story places the salvation of humans and the redemption of the earth as being God’s goal. But those two elements, while part of the story, aren’t the beginning point nor the ultimate goal.

Thus when we begin the Biblical story in Genesis 1 and 2 (which occurs before the fall) and in Ephesians 1 and Colossians 1 (which occurs before creation), the Biblical story is reframed from the standpoint of God’s ultimate desire rather than with the needs of fallen human beings."

Frank Viola dot Wordpress dot com
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