How Many Deaths Are Newsworthy. . .?

This is a fascinating topic, revealing some bias on that part of the media that is best described as “If it bleeds it leads.”

How different types of natural disaster rank on the coverage/publicity meter:

Not all deaths are equal: How many deaths make a natural disaster newsworthy?


Source: Our World in Data

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