Why Paris, But Not Baga?

On the Media | Jan 16, 2015

While the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris dominated the world's news last week, the destruction of Baga, Nigeria, by the extremist group Boko Haram went largely unnoticed. Brooke speaks with Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT's Center for Civic Media, about why that kind of terrorism misses the news cycle.  

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