Five Women Buried Alive -- and the Media Ignore It

Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in the name of tradition? Last month, the U.S. media were full of stories about the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan. But another event that same week in Pakistan -- that tribesmen buried five young women alive for wanting to choose their own husbands -- got almost no coverage.... [read full story]