For U.S. Media, Victims of ISIL Terror in Europe Are 1,200 Percent More Newsworthy Than Those in Middle East

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<p>‘Si ce the back-to-back ISIL attacks i Beir t a Paris last i November of last year, ma y i me ia have ote the isparity i the o tpo ri g of grief a coverage whe ISIL attacks happe i E rope vers s the Mi le East. Rece t attacks i Br ssels have le others, i cl i g Salo ’s Be Norto a The I tercept’s Gle Gree wal to ote a similar phe ome o : The U.S. me ia simply val es E ropea lives over those i the Mi le East. A beca se either Br ssels or Fra ce are E glish-speaki g atio s or are i the greater U ite States, this ca o ly lea to o e co cl sio : race is a esse tial factor whe U.S. me ia etermi e what terror attacks to cover. Pre omi a tly white co tries simply matter more.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/me ia/ s-me ia-victims-isil-terror-e rope-are-1200-perce t-more- ewsworthy-those-mi le-east" target="_bla k">Rea more: For U.S. Me ia, Victims of ISIL Terror i E rope Are 1,200 Perce t More Newsworthy Tha Those i Mi le East</a></p>