While this tragedy: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22166037#1 and this major funeral: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22151589#1 were being reported, this was also going on: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22168202
A major earthquake hit the Iran/Pakistan border, which caused at least 35 deaths, was the most powerful quake to hit that area in half a century and led to evacuations from buildings around 1,000 miles away.
http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/17/iran-earthquake-thousands-homeless-pakistan
It made a few headlines. Some people maybe heard a snippet about it, perhaps it flashed up on the TV for a couple of minutes.
But I don't think it got nearly as much coverage as it deserved. Buildings shaking, houses crumbling, lives changes, siblings, mothers, fathers, killed.
The Boston bombings, Margaret Thatcher's funeral AND this catastrophic event need to be heard about far and wide.
What do you think?
Adios, for now.
1 comment:
But do newspapers/TV stations broadcast news according to what people will find interesting? Do people find news stories about earthquakes in Iran interesting enough for them to broadcast/print them? How much does the media influence people, or do people influence the media?
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