Why Did Kidnapping Girls, but Not Burning Boys Alive, Wake Media Up to Boko Haram?

[mota bhai 2,675]

Since the Nigerian Islamic radical group Boko Haram kidnapped over 100 schoolgirls in mid-April, the media and the American government have been up in arms over this outrage. With over 200 girls in captivity, Boko Haram warned that they may sell the children into slavery.

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On February 25, between 40 and 59 children were killed by the fundamentalist militant group. Early that morning, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a boarding school and shot many of children, aged 11 to 18, while they slept. Some of the students were gunned down as they attempted to flee. Others had their throats slit. In some buildings, Boko Haram militants locked the doors and set the building alight. The occupants were burned alive.

All of the victims were boys. Reports indicated that the young girls the militants encountered were spared.

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Beyond wire reports and a handful of segments on globally-focused outlets like NPR, this atrocity went unremarked upon in the popular news media.

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The massacre in February prompted me to ask what the press found lacking in story surrounding Boko Haram’s atrocities that they would not cover it extensively. Was it a geographical bias? Was reporting from Western Africa more difficult than Beslan, Russia?

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Maybe there was simply an ethnic bias at play, and American audiences were prejudged to care less about atrocities in Africa than in Europe.

But the events of the last month have demonstrated that none of these explanations were accurate. Apparently, the press simply needed the right reason to cover this terrorist group and their brutal tactics. But an even more disturbing question needs to be asked now: why did the press spring to action when young women were kidnapped, but were virtually unmoved when it was young boys who were being slaughtered and burned alive?

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[deleted-05292014 331]

Most Western media has been covering this terrorist group for awhile. They've been mass murdering Christians for awhile.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Man walks into a convenience store and goes up to a couple, pulls out a knife and guts the man and takes the woman with him.. He rapes and violates here for a period of days and finally she escapes... The press will go over and over her ordeal, make a timelife movie and talk about the suffering and "poor her poor girl!" Um hello.. Husband was killed.. hello?

Remember the female pilot that was seen partially clothed by the Iraqis in the first gulf war and was daily news while the male pilot that had his nads connected to a car battery before speaking on television gets his speech shown on CNN and experts guessing that maybe he was under duress...

That is human nature, it is how we are wired.. Maybe some of it is self fulfilling prophecy when it comes to press coverage.

[eieio 1,594]

why did the press spring to action when young women were kidnapped, but were virtually unmoved when it was young boys who were being slaughtered and burned alive?

The killing and burning of people by this group is an everyday thing.....nothing new.....not really new news. The kidnapping and plan to sell girls is a different tactic.....ie....new and newsworthy.

Plus....it is hard to save dead people. There is still hope for these girls. So the story about these girls will continue until there is a conclusion.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Man walks into a convenience store and goes up to a couple, pulls out a knife and guts the man and takes the woman with him.. He rapes and violates here for a period of days and finally she escapes... The press will go over and over her ordeal, make a timelife movie and talk about the suffering and "poor her poor girl!" Um hello.. Husband was killed.. hello?

Remember the female pilot that was seen partially clothed by the Iraqis in the first gulf war and was daily news while the male pilot that had his nads connected to a car battery before speaking on television gets his speech shown on CNN and experts guessing that maybe he was under duress...

That is human nature, it is how we are wired.. Maybe some of it is self fulfilling prophecy when it comes to press coverage.

The female of the species is the vessel that carries our babies, so I can see why we'd be touchy about their safety.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The female of the species is the vessel that carries our babies, so I can see why we'd be touchy about their safety.

Femanazi propaganda.

[mota bhai 2,675]

To the contrary, they don't like the word vessel.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

To the contrary, they don't like the word vessel.

Only if you do not precede the word with "sacred".

[christeen 966]

Young women, especially in that culture, are not soldiers nor could be mistaken for soldiers or become soldiers ... They are innocent victims, plise... they are still alive, they are being sold to be raped and abused.

You mourn the dead, you fight for the living.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Young women, especially in that culture, are not soldiers nor could be mistaken for soldiers or become soldiers ... They are innocent victims ...

Those boys were innocent victims too. But you don't care about them.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

There is an overabundance of seed, but a limited supply of fertile sacred vessels.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Good point. Our bodies are constantly making new seed. Women only have the vessels they are born with.

[christeen 966]

Those boys were innocent victims too. But you don't care about them.

The possible Rescuing of someone is a more powerful message than mourning someone. Fight or the living, mourn the dead.

[mota bhai 2,675]

The possible Rescuing of someone is a more powerful message than mourning someone. Fight or the living, mourn the dead.

And if the girls were dead and the boys were alive, you'd want us to mourn the dead lest the lessons of the massacre be forgotten.

[christeen 966]

If the girls had been massacred then it would have been possibly a short mention on the news... Not covered like it is... Such tragedy happens too often and is not covered by news... Mass kidnapping for the purpose of selling them to be wives... Not so much.