This isn't bias in American Media, this is bias in human brains. The further away something is from us personally, the less we care. It's not at all unique to the US.
True, but the media (at least the german ones) add to this. They report half the time of the tragedy in a whole and half the time about german victims. "X germans are dead but the number may increase". This really pisses me of. Is it more tragic if a german dies than someone of any other nationality? No, when I hear "he/she is dead" I don't ask "Was he/she german?", nevertheless the media repeatedly answer that question. The fact that germans died too means there's a slight possibility it might be someone I know, but this chance is like tiny. There are other nationalities in germany. People I also know and care about who are not german.
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This isn't bias in American Media, this is bias in human brains. The further away something is from us personally, the less we care. It's not at all unique to the US.
True, but the media (at least the german ones) add to this. They report half the time of the tragedy in a whole and half the time about german victims. "X germans are dead but the number may increase". This really pisses me of. Is it more tragic if a german dies than someone of any other nationality? No, when I hear "he/she is dead" I don't ask "Was he/she german?", nevertheless the media repeatedly answer that question. The fact that germans died too means there's a slight possibility it might be someone I know, but this chance is like tiny. There are other nationalities in germany. People I also know and care about who are not german.