British media commentator Roy Greenslade has been credited with coining the term while writing on the newsworthiness of those who died during The Troubles . Greenslade continues to critique the phenomenon , including media reactions to the Boston Marathon bombings . NPR discussed the disparity in media coverage between the 2015 Beirut bombings and the November 2015 Paris attacks , which happened with a day of each other
2015 Beirut bombings
2015 Beirut bombings
Hierarchy of death