Madam, - I am disturbed by the lack of coverage given in the media to events in Algeria in recent days. Between 55 and 60 people have been murdered and many more have been injured in two suicide bombings in that country.
Had these atrocities taken place in the United States or Germany all the front pages would have been dominated by banner headlines. Television and radio would have given non-stop coverage to the unfolding story.
However RTÉ television left the events in Algeria to the very end of the news bulletin last Sunday. The Irish Times reported the bombings only on page 13 of Monday's edition. Could it be that western media consider that when Muslims kill Muslims, it just isn't newsworthy? Are human lives lost in Africa not as important as lives lost in Europe? - Yours, etc,
W.R. MARTIN, Dean's Court, Blackrock, Co Dublin.