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What he was saying is that when a car bomb goes off killing many, it's considered common practice byt he media


That's because a car bomb is common practice. That is their execution of Total War. It's normal and everyday -- therefore not newsworthy when there's more 'abnormal' things to talk about. We used to hear about car bombing in Israel on the news when they happened -- now no one cares because they happen everyday. It's not news worth watching if you expect it.

It's akin to a criminal killing an innocent person on the street and a police officer killing an innocent person on the street. Which do you think is going to get more news?

It's not a double standard, they will both likely receive the same or similar punishments, but we want to hear the story about the police officer more because we don't expect it. We want to know why he would do such a thing. It's not 'normal'. No one's going to watch the channel talking about the criminal killing someone when they can watch the channel reporting about the police officer.

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