Why are threads on the hostage situation in Sydney, Australia being flagkilled?
Similar events are not subjected to this sort of blanket blackout. I don't understand why they are being flagged.
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. ... If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.[1]
Terrorists taking hostages aren't an interesting new phenomenon.