Shooting Belgorod, Russia

Susexx · 04-22-13, 05:49 PM

Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured. A 14-year-old girl is among those killed.

http://rt.com/news/belgorod-shooting-russia-killed-198/

Cybermat47 · 04-22-13, 06:23 PM

What a waste of life

Herr-Berbunch · 04-23-13, 10:22 AM

And not a peep on the BBC, but we do get five killed in a shooting in Seattle. It's almost like the news is biased towards the west.

Oberon · 04-23-13, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

It's almost like the news is biased towards the west.

It is, to be honest, when you compare the coverage of the Boston bombings and manhunt (5 people dead) to the recent Chinese earthquake (200 dead and 1000s injured). Also, even on the same day as the Boston bombings, there was a wave of bomb attacks in Iraq which killed between thirty and fifty people, but you can guess which got the bigger headline.

It is a sign of where we live, we live in a more western leaning nation so the news places more emphasis on events in the west rather than in the east, with the exception being of flashpoints like Korea, and westernised nations like Japan or Australia.

Still, thankfully we have the internet which thousands of news sources on it, and although the BBC is western leaning, it does usually give brief coverage to other areas so anyone who is interested can look into it closer if they want.

Ducimus · 04-23-13, 11:45 AM

You'd think the BBC's primary focus would be on things that are.... well.... British.

04-23-13, 11:55 AM

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And not a peep on the BBC, but we do get five killed in a shooting in Seattle. It's almost like the news is biased towards the west.

?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22268495
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22251836

Herr-Berbunch · 04-23-13, 01:55 PM

I did check first.

Penguin · 04-24-13, 08:34 AM

Looks like they caught the guy, though he tried to stab a cop during the arrest.

Jimbuna · 04-24-13, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

Looks like they caught the guy, though he tried to stab a cop during the arrest.

I hope that is the case.

04-22-13, 05:49 PM	#1
Susexx Planesman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S.Peterburg, Russia Posts: 189 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Shooting Belgorod, Russia Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured. A 14-year-old girl is among those killed. http://rt.com/news/belgorod-shooting-russia-killed-198/

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	And not a peep on the BBC, but we do get five killed in a shooting in Seattle. It's almost like the news is biased towards the west. __________________

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I did check first. __________________

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	You'd think the BBC's primary focus would be on things that are.... well.... British.

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Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Looks like they caught the guy, though he tried to stab a cop during the arrest.