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A police officer talks to refugees fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Monday, February 28, 2022
Tory leader’s video was ‘an insult to the innocent civil rights protesters who were murdered in Derry in January 1972,’ says SDLP MP Colum Eastwood
JOURNALISTS of Arab and Middle Eastern descent have called on Western media outlets to be mindful of racial bias in their coverage of the war in Ukraine.
In a statement released on Sunday night, the Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Association (Ameja) highlighted examples of racist news coverage “that ascribes more importance to some victims of war over others.”
One of the examples Ameja highlighted was a piece by Daniel Hannan of the Daily Telegraph, who wrote: “They [refugees fleeing Ukraine] seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking. War is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote populations. It can happen to anyone.”
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
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As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
