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That's The British Media for You 1/24/2016 11:54:54 PM
Whenever a school shooting happens in the US, the British media, the BBC in particular, spend copious amounts of time covering it. They also spend more time going on about the gun culture in America. Often times, they might have a point. However, last week, there was a school shooting in Saskatchewan Canada that left five dead and two wounded and there hasn't been a peep from the BBC or any British media about it. I can't help thinking that if it been in the US, it would have been headline news in the UK.
Any school shooting is a tragedy and my thoughts go out to those effected in Canada. However, saying that these things only happen in America is dangerously wrong! There are also guns in Canada, why isn't the BBC going on about that?
I guess what I am saying is that if you are going to report on such things, do it whenever such a tragic event occurs and not because you want to dig at one particular people.
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