There was some agonising in the British press over the last few days about the number of people killed in "incidents" around Britain on New Years Eve, I think it was half a dozen. What I had heard nothing about was this, it appears that France had a night that was described by French police as "relatively calm". Relatively calm equated to 372 cars being torched compared to the previous New Years Eve's 397. The report also informs us that "At the height of the 2005 riots as many as 1,400 cars were attacked in overnight violence. In protests over President Nicolas Sarkozy election last May, demonstrators set fire to 730 vehicles."
Not a word in the British press about what is happening in our nearest neighbour in continental Europe, I wonder why?
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Maybe it's because one person being killed is far worse than any number of cars being torched?
geoff m -
Assuming you are being serious all I can say is what a pathetic, mealy-mouthed, weasle-worded and girly explanation you have come up with.
In case you hadn't noticed the press in this country has many thousands of column inches to fill each day, not to mention thousands of hours on radio and television. Of course some prioritising has to take place, but there is no rational excuse for not reporting major events like the ones referred to. This goes double when they do somehow manage to find the time, resources and journalists to cover such things as Britney Spears being arrested in LA. Then there was the near blanket and ongoing coverage of the death of a little-known Scottish footballer last week.
By the way, Swedish and Belgian press have reported that major terrorist attacks were thwarted during the new year celebrations in their countries. Neither were reported in the MSM here. No doubt you would excuse this with something like 'Maybe it's because Britney being arrested in LA is far worse than any number of thwarted terrorist atrocities on our doorstep'.
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