Semi-related:
I find these criticisms of empathy toward paris vs. lack thereof for Kenya/Beirut as cynical as the cynicism they are claiming to be against.
What makes for an outpouring of support after Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds of girls in Nigeria, but not equal coverage for Kenya? What makes for this outpouring of support for landslides/tsunami's in haiti/SE asia but other recent landslides in pakistan not as large?
What caused the Mumbai massacre to connect so much more?
When you look at all of those examples, there is no real connection at all among outpouring of support for one due to geography or peoples. Yet some resonate more. And that really cannot be explained easily through irresponsibility of media (which, tbw, covered Kenya and these same people weren't exactly throwing it up on their time lines) or prejudice.
If you truly believed it was an issue, then I think there would be more inspection than just "hey let me compare x to x and that seems off, everyone else is the problem"