Terrorist Attaks Underreported

[InTheLight]

The White House released a list of terrorist attaks (sic) that they said were under reported. Among the attaks that were under reported were the Paris attacks, the Orlando nightclub attack, the Belgium airport attack, the Nice truck attack, and close to me, the St. Cloud mall attack.

Here's how the local press handled the St. Cloud attack. Under reported?

 

[Crabtownboy]

Conway and the WH caught out again. Hmmmmm, do they have any credibility left?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Conway and the WH caught out again. Hmmmmm, do they have any credibility left?

I guess its perception. They are calling them as they see them.......now they may be blind, deaf blah blah

Probably another tactic to destabilize.....no big deal

 

[Squire Robertsson]

I assume the newspaper in the OP is the Minneapolis paper. The St. Cloud attack would be big news for some period of time. However, the story was not on the front page in the various forms of the news for much more than a day.

 

[StefanM]

If Trump wanted to control media coverage, he should have bought himself a newspaper and a television channel.

 

[InTheLight]

I assume the newspaper in the OP is the Minneapolis paper. The St. Cloud attack would be big news for some period of time. However, the story was not on the front page in the various forms of the news for much more than a day.

Yes, it was the Minneapolis paper. The reason it might have gotten short shrift in the national news is because there was a bombing in NYC at the same time.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

My point is while the Minneapolis outlets covered the story in depth is it reasonable to expect other markets to do the same.

Yes, it was the Minneapolis paper. The reason it might have gotten short shrift in the national news is because there was a bombing in NYC at the same time.

 

[Baptist Believer]

Here's how the local press handled the St. Cloud attack. Under reported?

I absolutely remember the St. Cloud mall attack, and I don't watch cable news.

Trump's photo is also on the front page - someone is demanding his records - so he was probably too self-involved to know what was happening outside of his bubble.

 

[Crabtownboy]

The White House and Trump are not looking presidential nor convincing. They really need to get their act together. I have a feeling that Trump screams, they write like mad, do no spell check, do no analysis and put out info. that is not to be taken seriously.
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In response to their boss's allegation that the media has been ignoring terrorist attacks, the White House released a list of 78 of them that it feels have been given short shrift.

It's a bit of a mess.

Dozens of typos, odd inclusions and odd exclusions are the norm in this apparently hastily assembled list. Also:

• As Philip Bump notes, many of these attacks didn't result in multiple -- or any -- fatalities
• As Morning Mix notes, they don't include attacks on non-Western victims
• The document makes repeat reference to "ISIL," despite Trump and the White House preferring "ISIS." (And the difference is important. Barack Obama referred to ISIL for a specific reason.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ks-is-a-bit-of-a-mess/?utm_term=.813be574eab4