Given the stress that the Icelandic people were put under it is a credit to them and their democracy that there wasn't more violence. The media in the UK cover

Given the stress that the Icelandic people were put under it is a credit to them and their democracy that there wasn't more violence. The media in the UK covered the 'revolution' closely because of the many ties between the two countries. I can imagine most people in the middle east know little or nothing about Iceland so why would the media cover ten thousand people standing peacefully in the cold outside a parliament building making reasonable demands.