Worst massacre of journalists ever, and U.S. media yawns

November 27, 2009
By Billy Dennis

From the Associated Press, via the Dallas Morning News.

AMPATUAN, Philippines – The discovery Tuesday of a mass grave containing 22 victims from the ambush of an election caravan the day before brought the death toll to 46 – an unprecedented act of violence at the outset of the country’s election season.

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Authorities said the dead included at least 13 Filipino journalists who were accompanying relatives and backers of gubernatorial candidate Ismael Mangudadatu on their way to file his nomination papers for May elections.

The deaths are “the largest single massacre of journalists ever,” according to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.

I haven’t seen much about this on media in the United States, where the press freaks out if a member of the paparazzi gets his foot run over by Paris Hilton.

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