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i think you overplay it. its down to simplistic editorial priorities, and there was a "bigger" news story. there was an earthquake last year or so in Iran that was given quite a bit of coverage, its not a question of valuing lives, but evalutating interest, possibly an element of fashion too...

because the Iranian incident is in a far off land with poor communications and so there's little footage, where as the fertiliser factory is in the middle of a major urban area with lots of media. TV needs pictures innit and they drive the news cycle these days.