Murders ARE on the new though...
But why would "Oh, somebody was shot in Dubois, ID" be on the news? Murders are covered locally but big tragedys like this definitely make national because it's really a rare event.
"big tragedies"? 12 people is not a big tragedy! As much as it sucks for the families and people involved, I wouldn't consider it a big tragedy!
I don't see how you can consider 12 people dying from a terrible accident a tragedy, whereas 16,000 murders/year isn't such a big deal.
It's human nature, not our country.
When you're exposed to a lot of anything, you become accustomed to it. That doesn't mean we recognize it's a problem that needs fixed and should be taken care of; it doesn't mean we are insensitive and don't care about the people shot, it's just we have a hard time relating to people's feelings when someone gets murdered. It would be hard to shed a tear for every person murdered. Also -- the media ignores them, not our country. The media may be a part of our country, but it's not like we chose that the news contains things like this tragedy in place of a shooting in down town LA.
I agree with what you say. But I still think it's a big problem that the media doesn't care about it anymore. 2,986 deaths in the World Trade Centre is considered a national crisis, and enough to evoke a war. 1,383 deaths from Hurricane Katrina was, yet again, considered a terrible tragedy. But 16,000 murders/year? Eh, it happens. I think there's a problem there. The American government has a serious responsibility to start looking inward and solving their own problems before mucking about overseas, if you ask me.
