This afternoon, BBC News 24 placed the story of British 3 year old missing in Portugal above the news that 30 people were killed in a car bomb in Iraq. "Rewards totalling £2.5m have been offered to anyone who can help with information leading to her safe return" (BBC News Online).
Does this mean that the disappearance of one British girl is of greater significance than the death of 30 Iraqis? Does it mean that the death of Iraqis is now such a common occurence that it no longer qualifies as news?
If you check out the excellent new track Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, you'll hear the lyrics warn you that "Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-english speaking countries as to those that occur in english speaking countries".
Sound advice.
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