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The media did cover attacks on *insert country here*. You just weren’t reading it.

After the Paris attacks many people are saying how horrible the media is for belittling tragedies outside of Europe and the US, but mainstream media did cover attacks on *insert country here*. You just weren’t reading it.

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On Friday night, terrorists stormed a rock concert and a restaurant in Paris, as well as detonating bombs outside the Stade de France. At the time of writing, 132 people have died from the horrific attacks, with hundreds more injured, some critically.

Landmarks across the world, including Tower Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, lit up in the colours of the French flag in solidarity, with countries across Europe today falling silent at 11am to pay respects. I was working on a national newspaper website, the Daily Star Online, over the weekend, and it was the biggest story of the year. People in their thousands were reading every single update, with every news website shunning all other stories for blanket coverage of the atrocities.