I thought this would be big news in So Cal

Debra J. Saunders at the San Francisco Chronicle held an interview with the former Spanish prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar. He is in California to receive an award from Chapman University in Southern California and has been giving interviews to the press.

I would have thought this would be news if not BIG news. When our governor went to Israel, it was all over the news in California as well as Israel. Now California has a visit by Aznar and the silence is deafening.

Could it be because he doesn't follow the script the "wise" have proclaimed for Europeans? He didn't bash the US or damn Donald Rumsfeld. Aznar understands history and can put things into context. Is this why he isn't news?

Read Saunders column, then ask the LA Times and the local TV news why Aznar's visit wasn't considered news worthy. It's something that is happening in Southern California and we have to find out about it by a SAN FRANCISCO paper. Is the media in Los Angeles that stupid to be scooped by a San Francisco paper or that unwilling to publish the views of a news maker who doesn't agree with their editorial position?