Will the earthquake and tsunami make news consumers forget about Libya?

sneezewhiz: Will the earthquake and tsunami make news consumers forget about Libya?
Will the earthquake and tsunami make the news media and the internet message boards forget about Libya?
If history is any indication, after the earthquake and tsunami news finishes up around Monday, we will see a Hollywood scandal, bigger than Charlie Sheen, and by this time next week, most Westerners on Y!A will have forgotten everything about Libya except how to spell it.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Maadist
In the short term Yes, the images coming out of NHK, Japan are horrific and amazing; I have never seen anything like this; even Indonesia Tsnumai never had such images,,,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BUo0Bc-ztw&feature=feedu

Answer by Di
Yes and will also allow Obama to show if he can manage several significant issues at one time. Acts of Nature cannot be prevented and this could well be his Katrina.

Answer by gyt
It probably will for a day or two. Then the recovery effort will start and Libya will be back in the news.

Answer by Mike S
No, they’ve got oil & are the latest excuse for gas price gouging, which will be on every-one’s minds for a while yet.

Answer by American citizen and taxpayer
Probably, yes.