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It's not a question of numbers, but relevancy. I would say that a disaster in Central Europe and North America will always get to the news, even if it didn't ca
by sandrobfc 8y ago
It's not a question of numbers, but relevancy. I would say that a disaster in Central Europe and North America will always get to the news, even if it didn't cause a large number of deaths. If it happens anywhere else in the World, it takes a lot more to be newsworthy.
I don't agree with this binary view of the world, but that's how it is. As a European.
- Ma8ee 8y agoWhat do you mean when you use the word "relevancy"?
- nightmunnas 8y agoProbably proximity to home country mixed with the number of victims that are of proximal origin to ones own country/region.
- sandrobfc 8y agoYes, relevancy as proximity to our country/region. I think I would first hear about a disaster that killed one single person from Portugal (as a Portuguese myself) anywhere in a world than one that killed fifty from any other nationality (outside of Europe and North America). That would be different for people around the world according to their country and region.