the truth of the matter is.. these bombings in Iraq are not what the majority of the public want to hear about.. you can't blame the media for reporting what sells.. they're a business afterall, it's thepublic who should have the finger pointed at them..
but there again, civilization has divided itself and it's known certain countries are more associated and "alligned" than others.. so naturally there will be higher sense of concern for our familiar territories when they're under attack..
I see your point though and it's sad state to ignore bigger tradegies..
btw it's probably vice-versa for Iraq... I'm sure the public over there will be paying more attention to the bombings going on where they are rather than Boston
i agree and yet
things typically effect us more if they happen to us 1st hand.
the Boston thing was HERE in the US , thus it matters to more Americans.
we tend to have selective memories and vision when needed (to make ourselves feel better or safer).
still, im thinking the major difference is IRAQ is not on our eastern seaboard, Boston is.
Good point Claud but i'm British, i heard about the Boston Bombings all over the news, nothing about the Iraq bombing :P i suppose you could look at it that way!
Umm That's because it happened in the USA, a very politically stable country where violent acts like this one rarely happen. People expect it to happen in countrys that are unstable, and where violence is common place. Please be getting with it.
Yes also yesterday was the 24th anniversary of Hillsborough where 96 football fans got crushed to death at a football game and not many people knew about that :( #jft96
yeh hardly anyone knew about the London bombings kellyt210 especially americans :/ shocked me considering we knew all about 9/11 and stuff annoyed and shocked me that did
I knew about them connorthomson. But I'm Australian :P I feel like we know about all the events in other countries but nobody knows a thing about Australia
LOL well i just feel like our media will report everything that happens everywhere else like Australia probably does helencoops but Americans just report what happens in America or about something which could affect America LOL i dont blame the people or anything just their media like we knew all about the fires in Australia which were horrific but i doubt Americans did LOL
That person is right. People are often called cruel for not caring about what is happening outside their country, but how are people supposed to know when the media doesn't tell them? Sure there are other sources for information besides CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc., but only those who truly care will seek those sources. The mainstream media doesn't motivate them. I think it's the people in power wanting to keep us dumbed down so we'll be easier to control.
This is so true - next year I am doing my third year project on how the media has a role in peoples attitudes and perceptions towards crime.. for example i will give people events that have occurred and they must rate them on a scale of low to high crime rate.. i will hypothesize that people will rate the more publicized crimes as worse.
I wouldn't blame the media much for this, the big thing is context!! People are desensitized to the events that happen in Iraq because its become common that people die there and even though it is still more tragic its all seen to be for a purpose. Whereas in Boston, this is completely unique and a direct attack which makes it, in the minds of most, a bigger tragedy. Not the media's fault!
Moonfelar Completely agree. Something like this hits much closer to home for Americans because it happened in their home country. I knew about both tragedies because I read about them online, but honestly I was much more affected by the Boston explosions because 1) They occurred at a world event comparable to perhaps the Olympics on a smaller scale and 2) Things like this so rarely happen in first world countries and politically stable states.
I'm not saying that the deaths in Iraq are irrelevant or less important at all than Boston, however these people chose to fight for their country and knew the risks going into it. However the Boston marathon wasn't like people signed up to run a race not to be faced with bombs and all of that. I'm not saying one is more important than the other and that the deaths reflect that either but people signed up to fight in the war and people signed up to run a race yet they both ended in people getting killed. :S
