> I guess I don't see how this is news worthy?
At the risk of being overly reductive, a story is newsworthy if the editor decides it is. So one question you could ask is, why did the BBC editor think this was newsworthy?
At the risk of being overly reductive, a story is newsworthy if the editor decides it is. So one question you could ask is, why did the BBC editor think this was newsworthy?
When they use the word "killed" (actively, by whom) or "died" (passively as if by chance), when they choose to highlight an event, downplay it, or ignore it altogether - the deeper question is not about the event itself, but the motivation behind its presentation. What do they want you to believe?
And it's untrue that "all major media channels serve the same purpose". Fox News serves very different purposes than Russia Today or Al Jazeera or NPR or …
What is true is that all media channels serve their own purposes.