Dark Humor: Western Media Makes Light of Political Repression in Ukraine

http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/30/dark-humor-western-media-makes-light-of-political-repression-in-ukraine/
Date Written:  2015-10-30
Publisher:  New Eastern Outlook
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18304

Political repression and violence are allegedly incompatible with Western liberal democratic values. Respect for human rights, freedom of expression, and protection of the rights of minorities are all purportedly the hallmarks of "free societies," the goals toward which all nations should be striving. And yet, such standards of freedom and democracy are only selectively applied, and only when beneficial to the Western (US-UK-EU-NATO) agenda.