A little much? Twitter users are criticising excessive media coverage of the RoyalBaby because it distracts from more serious issues like Israel's bombardment of Gaza and climate change.
If you happened to be anywhere near a Western news channel or website, chances are you heard about Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, giving birth to her first child.
Many would agree that the birth of the first ever royal baby with African-American ancestry is a newsworthy event and a milestone in British history, a country still coming to terms with its role in establishing the slave trade and colonialism in Africa.Instead, critics on social media noted that news channels were plastered with wall-to-wall coverage of strangers congratulating the royal couple and arguably inane commentary on the birth..
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