Episode Details
Back to EpisodesMedia bias, and refugees 'like us'
Published 3 years, 11 months ago
Description
The European Union is doing everything possible to welcome Ukrainian refugees. And people around the world have donated money and supplies to help. But this open-arms response has people in similar situations wondering: Why so much goodwill toward Ukrainians, and not us?
Today, we talk about the media’s role in deciding who is the “right” type of refugee — and how that helps or hinders displaced people around the world.
More reading:
In Ukraine reporting, Western press reveals grim bias toward ‘people like us’
20 years after 9/11, an American Muslim recalls the costs of war you didn’t see on TV
Trevor Noah slams media for racist remarks on Ukraine: War ‘was Europe’s entire thing’