Think Free Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 I'd be really interested to see Stef's take on this. http://mic.com/articles/108192/terrorists-killed-2-000-people-in-nigeria-last-week-so-why-doesn-t-the-world-care http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/12/-sp-boko-haram-attacks-nigeria-baga-ignored-media
Alan C. Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 The reason why this is being largely ignored by mainstream media is because Nigeria isn't part of the Western hegemons, and doesn't advance the "terrorist boogeyman is gonna getcha" narrative. The media focuses on terrorist attacks that hit home in order to rile people into a patriotic and nationalistic fervor so that they'll support more foreign intervention. The media and government still talk about 9/11 as if it's the worst tragedy that has ever happened. About the same number of people die in car accidents every month in the U.S. as died from 9/11, and nobody cares.
Think Free Posted January 18, 2015 Author Posted January 18, 2015 Not to mention deaths involving alcohol, but nobody's calling for a war on alcohol. (Already been tried, didn't work out either.)I agree with you. I just think Stef could be pointing this out. (And maybe he is. I don't watch everything he posts.)
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