News channels and reporters are informing their viewers daily on new events that have occurred locally, nationally, and globally. In this article, Okeowo points out that the recent bus bombing in Somalia was not reported on many news outlets. On Saturday, October 14, 2017 in the city of Mogadishu ( the capitol of Somalia) there was a large bus explosion killing an estimated 300 people and hundreds more injured. Okeowo uses formal tone as she expresses her opinions on how the tragedy was handled by news outlets. Okeowo appeals to pathos when she uses the valid example of a "bus of schoolchildren who were on there way home" when the explosion occurred. She includes this example to show the audience that what happened in Somalia was just as tragic and saddening for the people of Somalia as if it happened in the US. In recent global and national tragedies, there has been social media support and acknowledgment for victims and the families of the victims which were affected by the event. Social media has many very strong platforms which are viewed and liked by millions of people daily. It unites different people for many different places when event, good and bad, occur. For example, on twitter hashtags trended when there was the bombing in Paris (#Prayforparis). Okeowo states that there was no major social media awareness or support for the victims of the attack, and their families, in Somalia. I personally believe and agree with this, I was not aware that there has been another horrific attack on innocent people in Mogadishu, Somalia. If I wouldn't have seen this article I would have been completely oblivious to the occurrence. Link to the Article by Alexis Okeowo: www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/where-is-the-empathy-for-somalia
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