USA's Michael Phelps adjusts his goggles before competing in the Men's 400 Meter Individual Medley final at the National Aquatic Center (Water Cube) during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, on August 10, 2008. Phelps won gold. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | Slideshow
The much criticized -- and usually with good reason -- U.S. news media missed or underreported a lot of big stories in 2008. Half the stories that UPI lists as the most neglected or "lost" of 2008 were in Latin America and Africa -- entire continents that have dropped off the map as far as the national U.S. media are concerned.