+955 "Plane crash in Pakistan. 132 dead, including 2 Americans". Isn't it annoying how American media sources seem to view catastrophes based on how many Americans are in them? Pakistanis and others are just as important, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

awhh man, thats alot of people :/

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I live in Canada and they do that here too! The news will mention an accident somewhere and the reporter will say "We haven't heard yet if there were any Canadians injured in this accident" (or something like that) I think the main reason they do it is because people may have family on vacation there so they are thinking "oh no, could my family member be there?!" But yeah, during the Haiti earthquake they kept on saying "So far we haven't heard of any Canadians who have been killed in this" And they would always update on how many Canadians we hurt!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah! like right now im thinking if any of my family has gotten hurt because they live in pakistan D:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you def read this on yahoo news

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, that's the first thing I thought when I saw that!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not being vain, it's letting people know about their countrymen. And like stacilovesyou said, so that if people know someone in that area, they could know to check on their loved ones. I'm sad when I hear of a disaster, but I'd naturally be sadder knowing that my best friend's mom or my uncle died in it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

best friend's mom or uncle? I really hope these people live in Pakistan, otherwise your choices for random-loved ones are a little sketch.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I actually knew people in this particular plane crash. But most of my family lives in India, and my best friend's mom & sister just moved to Malaysia so I didn't just pull that out of my ass haha.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well if it's the AMERICAN news it's not going to give you a breakdown of which nationalities were involved; it tells you the facts and then makes it relevant to your country.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

152*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

why should i care about a bunch of people that died in another country ya its sad but im more worried about whats going on in my country im a lot more sad when an american dies

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You didn't even have to say that to prove your an over-patriotic, uneducated southern fool, because you spell so terribly...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You didn't even have to say that you're an elitist, jackass liberal because you leap to conclusions so quickly...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Samantha+Jane): At least our insults aren't oxymorons. Republicans are the elitist jackasses. They refuse to let people below the poverty line receive health coverage because "tha liens r 2 loooong." They listen to Fox News like it's a decent news source and buy that whole "fair and balanced" crap.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why can't Fox be an acceptable source? Because it's conservative? People are allowed to have their own views, and I think just one conservative station out of all the other liberal ones is fine. And gee, thanks for proving that you're willing to accept those with different world views~ love, an "elitist jackass". P.S. Just because Samantha+Jane is being a jerk doesn't mean all conservatives think and act like that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Comment is win.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That doesn't mean that the other countries aren't as important, but since the news is being broadcasted in America, obviously they're going to highlight the Americans that were on the plane because the were from our country.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Let's put it this way. "Plane crash in Pakistan. 132 dead including your entire family." Matters now doesn't it?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

JESUSUSER CHRSITST IS YOU SERIOUS!?!?! MY FAMALAMALY>!?!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If that report was in America, it matters. If it was in Canada, I'm sure they'd mention "- Canadians injured" or something, or in Mexico, "- Mexicans injured" Catch my drift? If that report was in, say, France and they mentioned Americans, it would be very irritating.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Fuck Pakistan. America is the only place that matters

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Home of the uneducated, who blame their financial problems on Mexicans. Somewhat like Hitlor/Nazi Germany did with the Jews, no?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Don't forget to mention how some of us actually believe the Fox News "fair and balanced" crap.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

OK, the reason that they reported the 2 Americans, is because we are in...America. Honestly, people don't care unless it directly effects them. If it said this, 132 people dead in plane crash, no Americans would care. Including myself. Unless it is something very serious like a foreign diplomat, or something.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I literally was JUST thinking that last night.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ok people, don't you see anything wrong with this? I'm not against saying that Americans were killed. BUT If no Americans were in the crash, American media wouldn't even care! And neither would some of you! That is my point

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The thing is, there are a near-infinite terrible things that happen every day in the world. We (as humans) simply don't have the mental capacity to handle every tragedy, so we filter out things that aren't important to us to cope. Everyone does it. Not saying that it's right or noble; it's just neccessary.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ustudent's right. Besides, there's so much crap happening in the world, a lot of which involves us, and some of which, we can't help in the first place, it wouldn't make sense to broadcast everything that ever happens, ever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're right...I wouldn't. America needs to take care of America right now.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I get what you're saying, ustudent and fangirl. but a tragedy that kills 152 people does not happen everyday

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're right about that, but it would still receive coverage if there were no Americans in the crash. You said the American media wouldn't care, but that's not really true

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well its a little true. It would still get some attention, but not much.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

cont. You'd just care differently. Because no matter how nice you are, you don't care as much about a stranger dying as someone you might know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago