Matt Bors for January 20, 2015
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2,000 Nigerians were slaughtered by these crazy pants BOKO HARAM guys. Let's get some attention on the issue... Cartoons are hot right now... Look - an offensive image to blur! Could always fake some airplane wreckage... Wolf Blitzer: We will cover nothing else for MONTHS! 97023809 But yeah, not TOO much attention. Bomb Talk Military Officer: I mean, I've just learned of the place, but I definitely want to bomb it.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
2003, a thousand Nigerians slaughtered by “Christian militias”, but that isn’t newsworthy in the U.S., even though such is still happening. Attention is difficult to maintain in our “short attention span theater” of society, and “media”.
moosemin over 9 years ago
The media always plays up what THEY THINK will sell; not NECESSARILY that the general public is not interested. Most often we will be told about horrific crimes when they occur, but hardly anything on the ultimate resolution. They simply go on to the next one.