The larger a nation’s population, the more you’re gonna hear of that country’s middle class and less about its poverty problems.

That works in most, if not all, countries, particularly the United States, India, Nigeria, Russia, Japan, and China. All of the aforementioned possess populations above 100 million, and have an admitted lower class of citizens, the size of which may or may not exceed the size of their middle classes depending upon the economic situation.

However, in the media, do you hear as much about those lower classes as you do about their middle classes?

In spite of the news about massive political conflict and rivalries coming from these countries, you’re not really going to hear about the collective hunger of a particular village in the Punjab, or the scandalous HIV epidemic in at least 5 provinces of the People’s Republic of China.

Rather, in the Western media, we’re going to hear and see software developers, oil barons, film actors, animation directors, call centers, and stock exchanges coming from these countries.

Now tell me, is this because of their huge populations? Or is it because of their particular media?