April 23, 201312 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 02:12 PM) I smell what they're stepping in (no pun intended), but do we really need to question the media's motives on this decision? Oh I think that article captures it: Aaron Albright, who worked on failed mine safety legislation in the wake of the Upper Big Branch mine as an aide to Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), joked on Twitter that the media opted to focus almost exclusively on the Boston bombings because the two stories were like “CSI/Mission Impossible vs. [a] PBS documentary.” Over three times as many people died in West than were killed by the two brothers, but one is a story about terrorism and police manhunts and foreign trips and the other is about safety regulations and inadequate OSHA inspections. That doesn't mean the West story isn't even more important and more relevant to everyday Americans' lives, though.
April 23, 201312 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 23, 2013 -> 12:17 PM) Oh I think that article captures it: Over three times as many people died in West than were killed by the two brothers, but one is a story about terrorism and police manhunts and foreign trips and the other is about safety regulations and inadequate OSHA inspections. That doesn't mean the West story isn't even more important and more relevant to everyday Americans' lives, though. No it does not...
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