While the media hypes the influence of white supremacists in the U.S., Barcelona was a reminder that terrorism is still the biggest threat:
Bottom Line: If I were to ask you what act of violence was the most deadly in the world last week, you'd likely cite the Barcelona terror attack. And you'd naturally be...incorrect. As awful and violent as the Barcelona terror attack was, the 14 people who died were actually about half the death toll that occurred last Tuesday in Mandarari, Nigeria. In that attack suicide bombers blew up a market killing 27. There's a good chance this is the first you've heard of it. That's in part because of the pervasiveness of Islamic terror in the undeveloped or developing world. There were actually more than 30 terror attacks carried out just last week!
Through Saturday, August 19th, the world has experienced 1,362 Islamic terror attacks spanning 55 countries killing 9,653 people and injuring an additional 10,084! To put it another way...
- 41+ people have been killed via Islamic terror on average per day this year & an additional 43+ have been injured
Only when the terror attacks are carried out in developed countries, in sensational ways, do we often hear about it. Perspective is key. We live in a time with an agenda driven media and news cycle that's rife with media bias. But again, the most pervasive form of media bias isn't what you're presented with - it's what's omitted.
For a complete list of terror attacks:
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/attacks.aspx?Yr=2017