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Originally Posted by Grogsy
Today I read in the paper that 30 people died when a bus overturned in India. This was a small paragraph on page 6. If it had happened in the UK, anywhere in Europe or the US it would be on the front page and first item on TV news. It's the same when ferries loaded with people sink off the Philippines and most of them drown. Is it because for some reason, people's lives or deaths in third world countries aren't worth as much as people in 1st world countries. It would seem to be so.
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The news media is a business. The only way for 3rd world countries to get front page is if it is a mass disaster. They need people to buy their papers and only shocking events do that. 30 people dying is a drop in the bucket compared to all the other deaths going on around the world everyday. They prioritize stories that will sell.