The Writing is on the Wall

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, it shouldn't be a surprise that everyone had something to say.  No politician wasted time explaining to everyone following their respective twitter feed that they have all the answers to what they would have done to prevent the events from occurring; because, as I've said before, no politician is going to miss an opportunity to make him/herself look good. People all over the country shared their two cents. The most popular phrase in the USA became, "Pray for Paris." Facebook even went so far as to include a French flag overlay that you can add to any profile picture. In the weeks following, there was outrage by many of my peers who would consider themselves knowledgeable about world issues, because they felt that the media coverage of Paris was unfair considering that Lebanon had suffered an attack the day before. Nigeria was also mentioned by many, because of lack of coverage by media outlets. My shock isn't at the outrage itself, but the cause of the outrage. The history of American news, from radio to internet articles, has ALWAYS been filtered through what outlets deem to be important. The only difference is, back then people weren't able to instantly look up articles of differing perspectives and biases about the recent events of West Africa, instead of the newspaper's stories about Eastern Europe. Our information resources make it easy for us to find discrepancies in what people choose to cover and report. 
     Now, this is all well and good, except all of these outraged people are behaving as if it is a groundbreaking discovery that any sort of attack in Western Europe gets significantly more attention than a bombing in the Middle East. This is a staple of American News, and has been for years and years and years. The Paris attacks have exposed the fleeting emotions of the American Psyche. In a matter of minutes, an increasingly non-religious country is suddenly praying for their French ally, while all of the less than happy spectators are voicing their opinions on how much better this country can be. If the Paris attacks have taught us anything, its this; There will ALWAYS be a Western bias. Unless it involves this country, you aren't going to hear about the events of Lebanon, Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, or anywhere else. This goes for domestic issues as well. If it isn't interesting to the companies that run the media, it won't be shown. The Writing is on the Wall, and it has been for a looooong time. The US does not care about what does not directly interest it. So let's stop expecting it to, and perhaps, make our own changes. Isn't that the attitude that created this country(wrong or not)?