.@lpolgreen Not on photos for the moment, but isn't every front page decision, every deployment of reporters partly abt whether people care?
An assumption underlying a lot of Ebola coverage is that Americans don't care, and in order to make them read, one must heighten the horror.
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@lpolgreen@hofrench side q but isn't phrase "Ebola Overwhelming West Africa Communities" not accurate? vast majority of region ebola-freeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@lpolgreen If front page decisions made on basis of whether it's important, not whether people care we end up with a new series of tough ?s.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hofrench Perhaps some readers jaded by regular media hysteria over end-of-the-world diseases? i.e. SARS, which in the end wasn't much -
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@iandenisjohnson There is definitely that, too!
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@lpolgreen@hofrench sympathy for yr POV, but this outbreak is both new--urban--and revealing of human flaws. In addition to being horrificThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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