It isn't a bias it is better seen as an "angle".
They could cover every single incident that occurs in Iraq and around the world but what would that do but inure people to the slaughter.
In this case, the story has legs. Not only is it someone getting injured but it is a journalist, someone who is supposed to be "neutral". It is a hook that makes the story interesting and allows them to tell a fresh story. Watch the coverage. How many times during this story do you also recieve information about the number of other deaths in Iraq?
New hook let's journalists tell an old story.
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