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17 Dec 2014, 9:26 am
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This got way less media coverage than the few australian hostages, super nations were about to send aid forces over those, CNN was almost covering it for all day long.
The 150 women who recently got massacred by ISIS also got much less media coverage, of course they won't, they are not whites and blondes.
The 150 women who recently got massacred by ISIS also got much less media coverage, of course they won't, they are not whites and blondes.
Coverage charge topic
Media coverage is much safer in Western nations, without the threat of kidnap and beheadings by terror groups and individuals. That being said, many brave journalists risk torture and death by jihadists when they venture into war zones.
TFOB, citizens like yourself are the modern news reporters, as you are the ones at the ground zero of Middle East conflict, informing many in the west of what is going on and keeping such events in the spotlight. Many big media agencies rely on citizen journalists from various conflict-ridden countries, many of whom have paid with their lives for their imbedded bravery, to keep us informed. Many here at WP are kept up-to-date about little known Middle East crises via your posts.
17 Dec 2014, 9:54 am
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17 Dec 2014, 11:58 am
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18 Dec 2014, 6:03 am
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18 Dec 2014, 4:21 pm
sartresue wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
This got way less media coverage than the few australian hostages, super nations were about to send aid forces over those, CNN was almost covering it for all day long.
The 150 women who recently got massacred by ISIS also got much less media coverage, of course they won't, they are not whites and blondes.
The 150 women who recently got massacred by ISIS also got much less media coverage, of course they won't, they are not whites and blondes.
Coverage charge topic
Media coverage is much safer in Western nations, without the threat of kidnap and beheadings by terror groups and individuals. That being said, many brave journalists risk torture and death by jihadists when they venture into war zones.
TFOB, citizens like yourself are the modern news reporters, as you are the ones at the ground zero of Middle East conflict, informing many in the west of what is going on and keeping such events in the spotlight. Many big media agencies rely on citizen journalists from various conflict-ridden countries, many of whom have paid with their lives for their imbedded bravery, to keep us informed. Many here at WP are kept up-to-date about little known Middle East crises via your posts.
No, this media disparity was way before the threats of kidnapping and beheading by terror groups.
Things like this phenomena isn't new in the western media: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_wh ... n_syndrome
Besides al Jazeera covered it well, and the nowadays jihadists often film all, so you don't really need journalists on ground to get the ugliness of what really happened.
Here a blog post that talks about this, comparing the School massacre to Syndey SIEGE (even the name is so exaggerated: the whole City name + siege?)
http://grassisalwaysgreener.net/2014/12 ... ol-attack/
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Yesterday’s breaking news was the following: Pakistan school attack in Peshawar killed 141 people.
It was just a day following the Sydney siege, where 3 people died and what kept the attention of the world for the whole 24-hours.
While the case of Sydney is surely shocking and heartbreaking, something keeps bothering me. During the day of Sydney’s lost innocence I got breaking news notifications every 10 minutes or so. Among others, I was informed who fled from the siege, when and how did s/he flee, how many police officers arrived, who is the person behind the hostage. I was also informed about a message from a mother, whose adult daughter was kept in the hostage. Later on, I was informed about the end of the story, but also about a news reporter, who broke down during her TV appearance finding out that she had connections to one of the victim. I got to know many other things, too, and I surely went to sleep knowing that the attack is considered as Sydney’s 9/11.
It was just a day following the Sydney siege, where 3 people died and what kept the attention of the world for the whole 24-hours.
While the case of Sydney is surely shocking and heartbreaking, something keeps bothering me. During the day of Sydney’s lost innocence I got breaking news notifications every 10 minutes or so. Among others, I was informed who fled from the siege, when and how did s/he flee, how many police officers arrived, who is the person behind the hostage. I was also informed about a message from a mother, whose adult daughter was kept in the hostage. Later on, I was informed about the end of the story, but also about a news reporter, who broke down during her TV appearance finding out that she had connections to one of the victim. I got to know many other things, too, and I surely went to sleep knowing that the attack is considered as Sydney’s 9/11.
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Today, I opened the main Hungarian media platforms. Not one reported on the massacre’s updates. Then I opened the English speaking platforms in Belgium. The situation was the same: nothing. Then I opened the New York Times. The middle section, known as ‘where the eyes fall’ said: A Flower Industry’s Heart Faces Competition. On the right column finally a report on the massacre. Washington Post’s main news was Ruble’s rapid tumble turns up heat on Putin.
To my relief that journalism is still alive, BBC and CNN did keep an eye on the developments of the attack.
Then, I scrolled down my social media walls. Hardly anything. Drip-drops.
To my relief that journalism is still alive, BBC and CNN did keep an eye on the developments of the attack.
Then, I scrolled down my social media walls. Hardly anything. Drip-drops.
I mean COME ON.
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29 Dec 2014, 6:23 pm
The leader was killed.....RIP (Rot in Pieces)
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