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>Earthquake in China 04/21/13: 179 Dead
>Bombings in Iraq 04/15/13: 55 Dead
>Fertilizer Plant Explosion 04/18/13: 14 Dead
>Boston Bombing 04/15/13: 3 Dead
Days in which bombing has had a front page article in the Times?: 8 Consecutive days in counting.
Days in which any other event mentioned got a front page article in the Times?: 1 Article COMBINED
Do not allow the media to decide what is important and what is not, you must be the one to decide that yourself.
Media mostly just feeds us bull shit.
I don't even bother.
Thanks for creating this thread. I never had the balls to say it, cause everyone would go ape shit on me. Rep for you brotha. 100% agree.
But yeah that's how it goes, USA is number 1 Media power.
I believe The Times is a UK paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebora2007
Yeah. But what I meant is, the USA's power in the Media is the reason why it's getting all the attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rishwin
Well The Times is owned and operated by News Corporation, what would you expect?
I believe that the US media has a huge impact on the UK take a look here there is even a special section for US news, even though it's a UK news website, we also have a channel called 5 USA... (Not that there is any point in that, almost every channel has a US movie or tv show airing anyway) Everything is Americanized here now. In short, the US is the number 1 media power. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rishwin
The Boston attacks were instances of domestic terrorism whereas the others are either natural occurances, accidents or foreign tragedies. The New York Times is an American news publication, therefore they focus on American news. Not that difficult to figure this one out.
So does the rest of the world's media when something happens over there. Especially the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riley H
I wouldn't describe the Boston bombings as domestic lol. No tragedy should be prioritised or made to look more important just because it happened on home soil or more importantly because the media seem to think it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Riley H
And that's your daily dose of news...
I'm sure that media corporations in those respective countries did many articles on those too. It's not that crazy to only report on local tragedies, and obviously only reporting on those is what makes people buy the newspaper or tune into the station to watch. I'm not saying it's a bad or good thing, but people care more about things that happen near home that could potentially harm them or their family.
Foreign events are briefed; they just aren't a high priority. Like it or not, it's human nature to be reactionary especially when something that happens is relevant to them. Chances are the quake in China won't affect the average joe but the bombings will i.e. new security measures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grenadier
Yes, it was domestic. The suspects were U.S. citizens and so far no links to any external organisations have been validated. You're right. People who still listen to mainstream media outlets are fools and I've been saying this for years. Media outlets jump at the chance to use tragedies to their advantage to push their agendas.Quote:
Originally Posted by hejula
I'm in the Philippines and ABS-CBN is giving all its attention to the boston bombing and so is the French's journal. It can't be denied, all the attention it's getting is because of America's impact on other countries 'cause of its media power, as stated before.
Sure, they have a big media impact.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebora2007
But tell me this... When something bad happens in the Philippines, do your news outlets focus on the United States news, or on something that happened on your own soil? I'm sure it's like the United States, who focused on the Boston Bombings and not the bombing that they did at the same time, because it happened on their soil. But if that hadn't happened, then I'm sure the media would have been all over the bombing that the United States did on Afghanistan (can't remember where it was, maybe not Afghanistan).
As Riley said, human nature is to care about your own country. You want to protect your belongings, family, and yourself. The media needs to make money, and they do so by reporting on what people care about. Obviously a domestic terror attack is going to get more attention than something off our shores.