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How TV News Covered The Odisha Train Crash Last Month

 July 24, 2023

The train accident in India's Odisha state last month killed more than 260 people and injured more than 1,000. Yet, despite these enormous human tolls, media attention lasted just 72-96 hours, in keeping with the media trend we continue to observe globally. The timeline below shows television news mentions of the accident, showing how quickly it disappeared globally.

Even global online news coverage pivoted quickly away.

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