
The Year Unwrapped: Aegean wargames, white refugees and why gossip matters
The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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The Media's Role in the Middle East
I think one of the things that really struck me about this is the role of the media and the fact that we're not independent or objective observers anymore. And so when something like a Russian invasion causes this level of refugees, it's very easy. It fits into the narrative that we want to put across of the aggressor is Russia. But when potentially Western involvement is causing refugees in situations in the Middle East or Africa,. There's kind of a kind of information silence from the media's perspective more because it doesn't fit into this narrative. Why was Boris so celebrated? It was because he stood up to Russia for the Ukrainians. Yet it doesn't exist when it comes to Yemen, say
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