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Americans are not being well served in Ukraine coverage
CNN
For all the words and images of Russia and Ukraine that have been flooding American media in recent weeks, some analysts are wondering how well American news consumers are being served by the coverage. Are they learning anything about Ukraine? If not, what context is missing?
This is especially true when it comes to the recent history of the two nations and the point of view of Ukrainian citizens—highly important matters in overall framing of coverage and how audiences come to think of events that could lead to thousands of deaths in coming days now that the attack is underway.
One of journalism's most inexcusable failures has been in not showing audiences the crisis through Ukrainian eyes.
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