Soon on Sunday (March 7) after the crash Ethiopia Airlines crash in Bishoftu, the Associated Press, AP, came in for flak for seemingly prioritizing non-Africans in a tweet announcing that there were no survivors from the crash. Many social media users called them out for being insensitive especially when Kenya for example suffered the highest casualty with 32 deaths. Most Twitter users slammed the AP for the tweet – it did not respond to any of the critical messages. BREAKING: Authorities say Canadians, Chinese, Americans, Italians, Indians, French, British, Egyptians among those killed in Ethiopian plane crash. — The Associated Press (@AP) March 10, 2019Wall Street Journal reports one jet has crashed in 54 countries africasacountry pic.twitter.com/T24LNzRCt5 — M.H.

Source: Ethiopian News March 16, 2019 03:00 UTC