Israel Israel Israel yadayada....
Meanwhile, six million have died, and more than six million are displaced after decades of fighting in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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@throsby @freemo I think there's research on how people care about conflicts that are in some way closer to them. In particular, last year I've seen graphs showing how European media wrote incomparably more about Ukraine than about Syria. To some extent it makes sense to care more about "local" conflicts.
However, when it comes to external interference to stop violence, there are no local actors ready to interfere. Even worse, the UN's blue helmets are practically non existent anymore. One of the so many reasons the UN needs to be reformed, particularly the security council.
@freemo
Good point, but intention there was to highlight the selective attention, and short attention span, of media, especially 'western' media.