The amount of news coverage about Boston, which although horrible, it seems to have an out of proportion amount of news coverage, considering its still halfway across the world, compared to the much higher number of deaths of civilians in Iraq and Palestine (for example)
Was just reading some international news online and noticed this :(
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Another-rape-Anger-rises-protests-spread-in-Delhi-as-5-year-old-victim-battles-for-life/articleshow/19631652.cms
Im not sure why we hear more about the white tourist that got raped, than about that.
I could trawl the news for examples
Whats it all about?? It makes me uneasy
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to think that things are newsworthy even if theyre happening to non-white, non-english speaking people?
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Branleuse · 19/04/2013 13:15
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