Why does the Virginia Tech massacre eclipse the carnage in Iraq?

No one with a grain of empathy or decency would argue that the VT murders were senseless tragedies. Since the onset of this mass murder, all newspapers, TV news programs and radio talk shows have devoted virtually every minute analyzing and exploring every detail of this terrible event. 32 students were brutally murdered and the country is gripped by a wave of tears and bitter outrage.

Three days ago, 165 people were killed in Iraq. Few people blinked. In the last month, 30 troops were murdered. No one even noticed. These events were buried somewhere on page 10 of the newspapers, and few TV or radio programs even bothered to report these deaths.
With all due respect to the families of the VT victims, why are the lives of these students so much more valuable and deserving of our grief than the lives of our troops and Iraqi civilians? Have we become so unaffected and desensitized by the victims of the Iraqi war that we barely acknowledge their deaths? It seems as if we have dehumanized the fallen soldiers and Iraqi citizens to the point that we’re barely fazed by their deaths.

While the media scrutinizes every aspect of the VT massacre and honors each murdered student with biographies and eulogies, we quietly ignore the continuous blood flowing in Iraq. Our troops are forgotten heroes. Shame on America.

How Long Will this Viriginia Tech Massacre Last?

I mean, as big as the event is, I’ve seen enough.
I know this was a total disaster, and I do pray for those who died. But seriously, how long are they going to show this?
I, personally, think we are over reacting since it was Asian.
They’ve been emphasizing that he was Korean over and over again. I don’t know if they would’ve done that if it was a white guy. So, how long would they do this on news?
By the way, my prayers are with those who died.

what really happpen in the Virginia Tech Massacre?

i am writing a news article for my journalism class and i need to know what really happen before, during, and after the attack. if u like u can leave advice on how i should write this article.

Does anyone know any more info about the Virginia Tech massacre that hasn’t made it to the news yet?

Any additional details would be greatly appreciated.

Is the Viginia Tech massacre big news in south korea, where the shooter was from?

Why does the news media say Virginia Tech was the worst massacre in US History? Not True.?

The news media likes to hype current events, but the truth is, George Custer’s massacre on Nov. 27, 1868 of over 100 Cheyenne men, women and children in western Oklahoma. Custer and his men attacked the village at dawn, and ruthlessly gunned down everyone they could find; only a few escaped. So why does the news media say VA Tech was the worst massacre? Or don’t the indians count?

What do you think of news coverage of events like the Virginia Tech massacre?

Does anyone notice that the networks and the local stations manage to fill up air time with “coverage” when they really don’t have any information to report, and then say “More details as they become available” when they haven’t reported any details yet? They should just report what they do know, then move on, IMHO.

We had a shooting of a city official here, and the local radio station bragged about having reporters “on the scene” everywhere, at the hospital, city hall, police headquarters, the vicitim’s home, man-on-the-street interviews, etc., but never once in 20 minutes mentioned the condition of the victim or identified the shooter. Talk about a smoke screen!

On the one hand, in our instant communications age, maybe we expect too much. On the other, competing news outlets seem to be hell-bent on pretending that they’re delivering.

What do you think? What information should the news media have had as early as yesterday? What should they have been reporting?

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