Hurricane Sandy: why have the British media ignored Caribbean victims?
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I am glad I'm not alone in scorning the media overkill on hurricane Sandy. My colleague Michael White has rightly noted the over-the-top coverage and scores of commenters to our live blog have been underwhelmed by the attention paid to a storm simply because it struck the United States.That last point is the most telling of all. Hundreds of people die from hurricanes in other countries every year without the western media appearing to notice. I concede that all news is local.
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