How the Ukraine war exposed Western media bias

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Middle East found itself dragged into coverage of the conflict in Ukraine over the past week as journalists descended on the country to cover the biggest European war in decades.

Western war reporters, more used to being deployed in Middle East conflict zones, were quick to make comparisons. Some of those comparisons went overboard, causing outrage in the Arab world.

"This isn't a place, with all due respect, you know, like Iraq or Afghanistan that has seen conflict raging for decades," said CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata, referring to Ukraine. "You know, this is a relatively civilized, relatively European... city." He later apologized.

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In a matter of days, hashtags, and even t-shirts, featuring the phrase "civilized" surfaced in the Middle East in protest.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-the-ukraine-war-exposed-western-media-bias/ar-AAUC0Gh

[Walleye]

1. I'm starting to think the United States isn't even relatively civilized

[lagomorph777]

2. I gave up on that idea when Junior stole his first election.

Completely lost hope in 2004 when he did it again.

[Hortensis]

3. I've recognized this bias many times over the decades.

And assume it reflected that of millions of viewers, including me, every time the news showed scenes of catastrophes in other parts of the world. Coverage in Ukraine did catch my attention a few times when I noticed it showing people expressing disbelief that this could be happening to them, in their city, that they never thought it could.

I think who most of us identify with goes well beyond skin color and ethnicity, though, to others we see as living like us and having lost what we would if the unthinkable happened.

I've often thought in this century that it'd be far better if we could see miserable people who'd lost everything, family, homes, community, livelihoods, many of whom would die and others would never again have family or a real home, and for once believe that could happen to me and mine. For real.