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

[mota bhai 2,675]

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.

Wow, your anti-male bigotry is too ugly.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Because it is a common fantasy to kidnap a young virgin- sex sells

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Because it is a common fantasy to kidnap a young virgin- sex sells

Why? Virgins are a PITA. It takes a long time to properly train a sex partner.

[lostinblue 1,989]

When it was said ... We will them them to TH E market and sell them as slaves....We can take it as the Islamist slave market is well established in Chad. (someplace in Chad). Perhaps it is the same market that sent slaves to the new world a few hundred years ago

[GandD 5,966]

[rlogan 2,036]

Politically correct dogma in our country is to frame women as victims and men as abusers. Look at the circular logic in this thread where the OP asks why it is not newsworthy boys are massacred - and the answer is "not newsworthy". Well exactly! That isn't an answer to WHY it is not newsworthy.

[Peikko 1,575]

Media is a commercial enterprise. There is no real reason why one story sells and another doesn't, it's certainly not a world wide conspiracy. Choose your media outlets carefully, attach more credibility to those that invest in journalists doing research in house, not ones that piggyback off other media. There are still some companies out there that provide decent service to the public in terms of news but not many. If a journalistic piece starts with 'you will not believe what we are going to tell you' switch off, that's just junk.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Media is a commercial enterprise. There is no real reason why one story sells and another doesn't, it's certainly not a world wide conspiracy. Choose your media outlets carefully, attach more credibility to those that invest in journalists doing research in house, not ones that piggyback off other media. There are still some companies out there that provide decent service to the public in terms of news but not many. If a journalistic piece starts with 'you will not believe what we are going to tell you' switch off, that's just junk.

[GandD 5,966]

I thought the hate speech wasn't allowed anymore.

[Peikko 1,575]

Not sure what your point is with this, but I wouldn't rate any of these media outlets for their news content. I guess if you want to believe it's some kind of government coverup you are going to regardless of what facts are put in your way.