its not about the number of deaths, its the nationality of deaths that most news stations use as a barometer of reporting. The British press gave coverage of

its not about the number of deaths, its the nationality of deaths that most news stations use as a barometer of reporting. The British press gave coverage of the 2004 Tsunami but that coverage increased as a by-product of the news channels discovering British nationals being in the affected areas. Then it suddenly became relevant. Otherwise its "just" another Syria/Yemen/Darfur/Burma.