I feel as though the media plays a bias when the victim has no relevance to the community whatsoever. They want the best story to engage the audience to keep watching—especially national news. Also, those watching or reading the news want things that are relevant to how they can live their lives day by day. For example, locally, people would like to hear about local drug dealers/buyers who were killed, etc. Similarly, people are always curious about those in the Middle East or in Washington D.C. I have to disagree with you on the fact that the victims of the Sikh Temple shooting were not given any privacy. I found almost identical wording on every news site I found—they always talked good of their family and friends. I couldn’t find any in-person
