3 dead and 5 wounded in suspected Terror attack in Germany - not even headline news anymore.

[Raz]

Hi All,

So a Somali man has gone on a knife rampage whilst shouting Allah Akbar during a suspected terror attack in the German town of Wurzburg killing three and wounding five more before being shot and arrested.

Now, this isn't a thread specifically about this one particular attack but instead a thread wondering if we've genuinely become so immune to these kind of frequent attacks? I mean as this one didn't even make it into the main headlines of the BBC but was instead just a small byline with a very small story attached (<180 words) whereas previously this would have been main headline news with 3-4 reporters on the story -



I realise that there are other "big" stories right now with the Miami collapse and the Chauvin sentencing but I would still expect such an event to at least be in the top 3 headlines in the 13 hours after it happened.

So, do you think that Western society has become so inured by now to attacks like these that the reporting is no longer shocking or has this attack just been gobbled up by bigger headlines hitting at the same time?

Possibly a political position based on the increasing number of terrorist/ lone wolf type attacks and potential repercussions on other innocent people.

Immigration is always good, nothing to see here.

Well balanced position there as usual.

 

[Roar87]

The main stream media will not post stories that show anything except straight white men in a negative light, anything else constitutes Racism/Sexism/Homophobia or Transphobia. By main stream, this basically applies to any corporation that hasn't been classed as "right wing" and censored by the aforementioned "main stream".

 

[StriderX]

The main stream media will not post stories that show anything except straight white men in a negative light, anything else constitutes Racism/Sexism/Homophobia or Transphobia. By main stream, this basically applies to any corporation that hasn't been classed as "right wing" and censored by the aforementioned "main stream".

Victim of the Lügenpresse are we?

Let's see...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_BBC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_plc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Four_Television_Corporation#Corporate_affairs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Media_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_plc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMG_Media

Befuddling really.

 

[jsmoke]

Probably doesn't suit political purposes atm. We are just puppets the the media and robber barons.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Probably going to be blamed on a negative reaction to a vaccine, mental health issues or cultural differences, such as a lack of access to high sea piracy in Germany. It is indeed sad Ian when the media no longer see such acts as worthy of much coverage. Maybe like the Chinese virus, we are expected to now just accept and live with it, blaming no one?

 

[StriderX]

Why don't you just say what you really mean...

 

[chroniclard]

Have we reached peak white rager? Literally dredging the bottom to come up with stuff to rage about/manufacturing rage.

 

[Roar87]

If you highlight anything you disagree with you're a "white rager" lmao. How do you even know anyone's ethnicity btw? Very weird

 

[chroniclard]

Its manufactured outrage, there is nothing here to disagree with, but anyway if the cap fits.

 

[Mint8]

but but but Covid ......

 

[sigma]

Lots of crimes don’t make BBC headline/front page but I guess because it’s apparently dem muzzies means it should be a UK headline.

 

[Roar87]

Its manufactured outrage, there is nothing here to disagree with, but anyway if the cap fits.

A terrorist killing 3 people is barely news but George Floyd is? "there is nothing here to disagree with". Okay

 

[explicit4u]

A terrorist killing 3 people is barely news but George Floyd is? "there is nothing here to disagree with". Okay

Yes, it's not even close.

One is an attack that may or may not be terrorist related in a small town in Germany, the other sparked worldwide protests. Whatever your views on GF and the case, it's a massive story with a huge following.

 

[mmj_uk]

Yes, it's not even close.

One is an attack that may or may not be terrorist related in a small town in Germany, the other sparked worldwide protests. Whatever your views on GF and the case, it's a massive story with a huge following.

It was the selective and highly focused media coverage that sparked the massive George Floyd protests though (as always), I mean we had it in the UK and it had absolutely nothing to do with us but our media blurred the lines and painted our country as racist too. It was all down to the 24/7 media coverage and orchestrated efforts of groups like BLM.

There was nothing racist about George Floyd's death, just bad policing/policy but it's been absolutely exploited and blown into a massive racism issue even though a few years prior the same had happened to a white man called Tony Timpa, the media cared little about that though.

 

[BallistixOnZ490]

Usually when these things happen now, they make it front page news, but call the criminal a white supremacist.

 

[Dis86]

Yes, it's not even close.

One is an attack that may or may not be terrorist related in a small town in Germany, the other sparked worldwide protests. Whatever your views on GF and the case, it's a massive story with a huge following.

The other wouldn't have been heard about if it wasn't publicised endlessly on the news. There was also no reason for it to trigger protests anywhere except the US. Just the usual factions looking for any excuse to 'protest'. By which I mean riot.

 

[jcr]

the thoughtful youth, aspiring musician/footballer even kept his face mask on to protect his victims from covid whilst he butchered them.

 

[Raz]

So, according to this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2021

there have been 69 shootings in the US in June so far. How many of them have made front page news? It may not be exactly the same, but the ones moaning, and that's what they're doing, are the ones who typically think immigration is bad, Trump was the best president ever (ok, I'm exaggerating a little and not everyone in this group believes so...), the white man is being blamed for everything (and so they are being victimised by the media, there's a secret agenda to replace the indigenous culture and so on.

No one is defending the perpetrator so no-one needs to go on the defensive.

Now, why wasn't this plastered on the front page of every single newspaper/website? Who know. Politics? Probably. Some conspiracy to hide the truth so that the integration of immigrants and their culture(s) can continue to the end result of replacing indigenous peoples and/or their culture? Doubtful.

 

[dowie]

Yes, it's not even close.

One is an attack that may or may not be terrorist related in a small town in Germany, the other sparked worldwide protests. Whatever your views on GF and the case, it's a massive story with a huge following.

It's a massive story in large part because the media made it a massive story though, it's kind of self-fulfilling in that respect, that media coverage and the race angle (even though there wasn't really a substantial race angle to play here other than noting that the main police officer involved happened to be white and the suspect happened to be black).

It quickly became rather heavily politicised even though in reality police killings of black people in the US don't appear to have any substantial bias.

 

[The Running Man]

Imagine a man was moved into your street.

You and your neighbours have to pay to subsidise him, his housing and his lifestyle.

He decides to import his wife and family and has more children than you, despite having no means of providing for them.

Again, you and your neighbours will foot the bill.

He may hate you and your way of life. He may one day decide to murder and or rape you, your wife or your daughter.

If he commits a serious crime and goes to prison, you will still not be able to deport him and you and your neighbours will continue to pay for him and his family.

You will pay for his defence, his healthcare his translators, his education and for his family.

Whats not to love about them?