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Old 14th February 2006, 22:08
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Media Double Standards.

Can you imagine the media reaction had this been a rail crash? As it was, the tragic loss of six lives in one road crash resulted in roughly one and a half minutes of air time on BBC News 24.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/4711412.stm

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Six killed in head-on collision

Five men travelling in the minibus were killed
Six people have been killed and three seriously injured in a pile-up involving two lorries and a minibus near Grantham in Lincolnshire.
Five men in the minibus and a lorry driver died in the head-on collision on the A52 between Sedgebrook and Bottesford at about 0500 GMT.

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