How come western media have been focusing on the crisis in Libya?

Imperfect: How come western media have been focusing on the crisis in Libya?
There are atrocities that are happening throughout the world which should warrant intervention. Eg conflict is much worse in central africa than in Libya, yet no mainstream news outlet in america or britain cover them. How come?

Answers and Views:

Answer by crow t robot
two reasons no profit and obama needs some good press

Answer by Alex Tubruton
Lots of good video coming from Libya, plus Gadhafi is famous for being loony. Makes for good TV.

Answer by Tiny Tim
Destruction of military assets- so as not to let popular movements get control of them-
that is business as always.

Answer by Primo
They have. Are you blind and def?

Answer by rut roh
perhaps because if we cover them they rape and kill are reporters,you report it and email us what you have

Answer by Golden
did you somehow miss the part where the Libyan air force is bombing the citizens?

Answer by henry
Because Libya has oil and oil trumps everything according to the Western powers.

Answer by Lily Hilton
I can agree with Henry’s answer anymore.

Answer by iris054
I detest war categorically, and I hope we’re out of this very quickly. This is a multi-national police action to stop Qaddafi from doing genocide on his own people. If there ever was a good cause, it’s to save the innocent. Still, we know that if there were no oil in the Middle East, Libya would go the way of Darfur.

We humans have a lot of spiritual evolving to do.

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