NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan

This article deals mainly with prominence and consequence. The prominence of this article is the fact that NATO, normally a peaceful organization, bombed an area of Northern Afghanistan where hijakced oil tankers were with the intent of killing insurgents believed to be there. The consequence of this article was the fact that the vast majority of the eighty deaths were civilian. NATO claims that they did not know that amount of civilians would be around the oil tankers, but many were siphoning gas from the tankers.

Proximity also plays a part in this article, though of lesser importance. The Middle East, and Afghanistan in particular, are a hot bed of news interest. Because of the war in Iraq/Afghanistan, many Americans are interested in anything that occurs over there, especially events that result in casualties. Finally, timeliness is a small part of this article as the deaths were recent. The prominence and consequence were the most emphasized elements of this article as the fact that NATO killed civilians is a very newsworthy piece of reporting.