Hooliganism, soccer riots, and the American media

By this point I’m sure that everyone has heard about the “soccer riot” in Egypt. Somewhere between 74 and 80 people have died, nearly 1,000 people have been injured, and former USMNT coach and current Egyptian National Team coach Bob Bradley was involved in a march to support the protesters.

Why do I know that most people have heard of this “soccer riot”? I know this because it was all over the American media.  They absolutely made sure that it was heard about.  This wasn’t sold as a political uprising.  At first it wasn’t mentioned that security locked the people in the stadium like caged animals at a dog fight.  There was no mention of the constant political upheaval in Egypt since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak. No, this was nothing more than another “soccer riot.”