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Just read about a huge chemical spill in a river near Jakarta that got zero coverage here
My cousin there sent me a local news link last month, said the water turned black for days. How do stories like that just vanish outside the country?
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umabailey17d ago
Honestly, it's also about what fits the news cycle's mood. A chemical spill in Indonesia competes with a celebrity scandal or some political fight here, and the spill always loses. Our media picks stories that keep people watching, not what's actually important globally. It's not a conspiracy, it's just a broken system that treats disasters in poorer countries as less important. So the story doesn't vanish, it just never even gets in the door to begin with.
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