newsworthiness, n.All

Newsworthiness (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an atrocity depends less on its scale than on its agent: with the wrong agency of violence, thousands of documented incidents go unreported.

Newsworthiness (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠come from mere familiarity: once the other major media pick up a story and retell it, repetition alone makes it news.