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Over to You: What is Twitter Saying About Coverage of Texas and South Asia Floods?

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09/09/2017 GMT

What is Twitter Saying About Coverage of Texas and South Asia Floods?

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While the world’s media is focussing on Texas floods, what about South Asia?

How people on social media are reacting to the world’s media giving a disproportionate amount of coverage to Texas over South Asia.

When two natural disasters strike different parts of the globe at the same time, which one does the world's media focus on? Despite there being a disproportionate amount of lives affected, Storm Harvey in Texas has repeatedly hit the headlines while the crisis in South Asia has been largely ignored. This has not escaped the steely gaze of those on Twitter. Georgina Rannard from BBC Social News tells Rajan what kind of impact social media can have in redressing the balance. 

Also, as the Kenyan Election result is annulled by the Supreme Court we asked Nairobi news desk editor, Wanyama Chebusiri what new challenges arise for the next election, and listener, Bob Davis isn’t happy about early coverage of the turnaround.

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