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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy no coverage of this on TV? Exxplosion rocks Nigerian shopping mall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/nigeria-shopping-mall-explosion_n_5529849.html<snip>
An explosion blamed on Islamic extremists rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, and police said 21 people were killed.
The blast came as Nigerians were preparing to watch their country's Super Eagles play Argentina at the World Cup in Brazil. Many shops at the mall have TV screens but it was unclear if the explosion was timed to coincide with the match, which started an hour later.
Witnesses said body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in Abuja's upscale Wuse 2 suburb. One witness said he thought the bomb was dropped at the entrance to the mall by a motorcyclist. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
Soldiers shot and killed one suspect as he tried to escape on a power bike and police detained a second suspect, Mike Omeri, the government spokesman for the insurgency, said in a statement.
Billows of black smoke could be seen from a mile (kilometer) away.
"I heard the explosion and (felt) the building shaking," said Shuaibu Baba, who had a narrow escape. He said he rushed downstairs to find that the driver who had dropped him a few minutes earlier was dead. "I asked the driver to come with me, and he said 'No,' he would wait for me in the car."
Police Superintendent Frank Mba said 17 people were wounded and 21 bodies were recovered.
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Why no coverage of this on TV? Exxplosion rocks Nigerian shopping mall (Original Post)
malaise
Jun 2014
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enlightenment
(8,830 posts)1. I don't watch TV anymore,
but I can guess why.
The situation in Nigeria is reaching critical mass.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)2. Because it's not about US.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)3. True.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)4. A better question is "why TV"?
This is one of the ways you can tell that the DU demographic tends to skew significantly older; people act like TV still matters as a news source.
It doesn't, not really; the New York Times has around 60 MILLION unique visitors per month; the average viewership of MSNBC, by contrast, is something like 600k during primetime; and it's probably the SAME 600k people, give or take a few, every day.
malaise
(269,254 posts)5. I hear you n/t