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Worthy & Unworthy Victims: Navalny & Lira
MacLeod, Alan
http://consortiumnews.com/2024/02/28/worthy-unworthy-victims-navalny-lira/Date Written: 2024-02-28 Publisher: Consortium News Year Published: 2024 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX25062 While Alexey Navalny's death commanded 24-hour news coverage, Gonzalo Lira's death in Ukraine was virtually ignored. Abstract: - Excerpt: While Alexey Navalny's death commanded 24-hour news coverage, Gonzalo Lira's death in Ukraine was virtually ignored. In total, the five outlets collectively ran 731 articles or segments that discussed or mentioned Navalny’s death, including 151 from the Times, 75 from the Post, 177 from ABC, 215 from Fox, and 113 from CNN. This means that each organization studied ran more than one piece per hour. This media storm stands in stark contrast to the Lira case, where the entire coverage of his death [by the five outlets in the study] boiled down to a single Fox News article. Moreover, the article in question described him as 'spreading pro-Russian propaganda' in its headline, did not inform readers that there was anything suspicious about his death, and appeared to be doing its best to justify his treatment in the body of the article. Subject Headings |