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3. oh now I get it. If I don't know people of a particular ethnicity...

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:55 AM

Nov 2015

that equates to
"their lives matter less."

thanks for explaining that.

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interesting to see mass media coverage of a bomb attack on a non-European country... [View all] ellenrr Nov 2015 OP

IOW, people here are bad people because they react like normal people BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #2

oh now I get it. If I don't know people of a particular ethnicity... ellenrr Nov 2015 #3

What's it like BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #4

pretty nice, esp. compared to the shit you wallow in ellenrr Nov 2015 #6

Lol...good answer! BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #8

Why is it you equate 'value' to media time? Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #9

Wow, you certainly woke up in a cheery Tipperary Nov 2015 #11

awesomenest answer ever. you win the internet FOREVER !! Hiraeth Nov 2015 #15

There are 7 billion of us and counting. Igel Nov 2015 #16

I don't put much stock in the normal people argument el_bryanto Nov 2015 #12

And I don't get excited when Turkish soccer fans boo the Marseillaise BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #13

So in what sense are you Beyond Geography? el_bryanto Nov 2015 #18

In this sense...a helluva book BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #19

Oh, hey! I've read that book maxsolomon Nov 2015 #30

Actually, AP did have an article on this nitpicker Nov 2015 #5

Oh please malaise Nov 2015 #7

Everything always has to be the same or it's somebody's fault. Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #14

Well said. eom cwydro Nov 2015 #17

what newspapers are you reading? maxsolomon Nov 2015 #23

I ended my Seattle Times subscription when they endorsed GWB in 2000. maxsolomon Nov 2015 #29

But that's not all you said in the OP BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #22

The media have their marching orders and that's to get US to war riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #24

this is an attack on a "government" target maxsolomon Nov 2015 #25

That too. Nt uppityperson Nov 2015 #34

Journalism 101 Matrosov Nov 2015 #26

Yup daredtowork Nov 2015 #27

My LBN thread sank like a rock KamaAina Nov 2015 #32

The comparison between Beirut and Paris is interesting Jim Lane Nov 2015 #33