Mainstream Media Ignores Terror Attacks in Non-Western Countries

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• Published on Jul 26, 2016
  Terrorist acts in Paris, France earlier this year generated 21,000 media articles on the day of the attacks, whereas similar atrocities in Bagdad, Iraq generated less than 500. Why the discrepancy? To discuss, attorney and contributor to The Nation magazine, Sean Darling Hammond, joins RT America’s Simone Del Rosario and says that audiences care more about western terrorist attacks because media coverage is deeper and connects them more than coverage of terrorism in the Middle East or Africa.

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