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Why is the Boston bombing being preferentially reported over the Iraq bombings?

Asked by FireMadeFlesh (16593points) April 16th, 2013

The tragedy at the Boston marathon has been extensively reported throughout the media here on the other side of the world. Yet the series bombings in Iraq that occurred at around the same time, and killed around 15 times more people, went practically unnoticed. Why is this so? What makes the life of a US citizen somehow more valuable and noteworthy than that of an Iraqi citizen?

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