I am not sure of the point MP was making in his OP, but to support Cofty there was loads of news about the US storm but little about what happened in the caribbean. Some people did notice and comment, but having a go at our media not the US. It is the same when the announce a plane crash on the news and say "270 people died including 5 Britains". It makes my blood boil as it implies that British lives are worth more than everyone elses.
There is also a huge amount of coverage of the US elections over here which does my nut in and any number of random American news stories. And the bias towards Obama from the news coverage here makes me want to vomit. They could never show such blatant bias towards a British politician
The reason of course is simple. At least half an hour of news is needed every day and newspapers need to fill about 30 pages. America generates a huge quanitity of news that is already in English which makes easy (and cheap) copy to fill this demand.