Protesting Oppressive Regimes

One of the things that I did not get a chance to post on last week (thanks to the breaking Lori Swanson scandal) was an under reported story out of Tibet.

The Tibetan government in exile says the death toll from the demonstrations in Tibet is about 140.
"While we have confirmed information on the death toll from the demonstrations so far, it has been extremely difficult to get the details," the Dalai Lama's exile government said in a message posted on its Web site Monday.
The group said the overall toll was "around 140," and it listed the names of 40 Tibetans killed in protests that started March 10.
Previously, the Dalai Lama's government said 99 protesters died. China has put the death toll at 22.

CNN Asia, quoting the Chinese government (who has a vested interest in keeping the death toll as minimal as possible) said that 10 died in the clashes. Meanwhile, the Hindustan Times, One India and Ireland On Line all report that at least 100 died. With the exception of Yahoo, no US news entities reported on this.

Suppose these protests took place in the US and the protesters were killed protesting the Bush Administration....do you think that they would have been covered then?