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Over to You: Kenyan Mall Attack

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28/09/2013

Kenyan Mall Attack

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How has coverage in Africa compared with global news coverage of the Kenyan mall siege?

How has coverage in Africa compared with global news coverage of the Kenyan mall siege? Plus, is there too much emphasis on bad news in business?

Over to You explores the media coverage of the Kenyan mall attack with the help of BBC Swahili and BBC Somali producers. How has the coverage in Africa compared with global news coverage? And, what are the implications for future media coverage of Kenya and Somalia? Also, as a listener suggests, is there too much emphasis on bad news about business, as a result of the global economic crisis? Rajan Datar finds out from Martin Webber, who edits Business Daily on the World Service, about striking the right balance.

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