The mother of a backpacker slain in an Australian hostel has written an open letter to Donald Trump saying her daughter's death shouldn't be politicised by the US President's claim the media is covering up terror attacks.
Trump is standing by his claim yesterday that the media has failed to adequately cover some terror attacks in America and across the globe, including the Sydney Lindt Cafe siege and four other Australian incidents.
After Trump's claim, the White House released a list of 78 terror attacks to support it, but most of the incidents - including the San Bernardino, Orlando nightclub, Paris, Brussels airport - were extensively covered by the media.
The December 2014 Sydney Lindt siege was aired live for hours by CNN to millions of Americans and was front page news on major US newspapers, including the New York Times.
The White House list curiously also included the stabbing of Mia Ayliffe-Chung and fellow Brit Tom Jackson, at a Townsville Hostel in August last year that was deemed a murder, not a terror attack.
