How the world lost interest in Kobani

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It was the perfect media story: Good versus Evil, frightened civilians hunkering down in a border town besieged by extremist fighters, aerial bombardments easily filmed from the safe vantage point of a nearby hill

See also: How the Media's Focus on Kobani Obscures the War in Syria

For two weeks beginning in late September, the world was gripped by the dramatic fight for the small Kurdish town of Kobani in northern Syria. Watching the coverage, it seemed this might be a defining battle against Islamic State militants

And then the coverage all but disappeared — and with it, the conversation on Twitter. Read more...

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