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Western media shows death only when it is in Africa
- nelaboras 6y agotl:dr: The author is a Kenyan media consultant. He highlights that media shows constraint when suffering/mourning/death occurs in own region/culture, but not when it's somewhere exotic. He contrasts Ebola vs covid reporting in western media and predicts more will be shown if the covid epicentre moves to Africa. Certainly some truth to this, but the early reporting from Italy was also very voyeurism-driven with very vivid pictures showing human suffering and death. That said, the daily mail and fox news will always show human suffering and tell stories to create fear and panic as those sell, more serious media is showing more restraint. So it might be more a difference in reporting depending on whether it 'hits home' or not.
- broooder 6y agoPersonally I feel like the exact opposite is true, we never really talk about Africa at all. How many Covid-19 stories have you seen about Africa?