Bond: Why Selma, Not Auschwitz?

Is this bugging anybody else? The “news” networks devoted hours this week to the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, and devoted not one second to the 70th anniversary of the liberation, by the Russians, of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp, also this week. This comment is not meant to belittle the courage and righteousness of the Selma marchers, or to whitewash the atrocities committed by the cops and racists on Pettus Bridge in Alabama. … Selma resulted in one death, that of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot in the back by a state trooper. In Auschwitz, or by its Polish name Oświęcim, 1.1 million people were murdered by gas, starvation, exhaustion, bullets and other means/ David Bond , Ridenbaugh Press. More here .

DFO: I suspect that the difference in news coverage was a result of the anniversary dates — Selma was a 50th anniversary while Auschwitz was a 70th. Then I could be all wet about this. Thoughts?