Izvještavanje o Ukrajini: Zapadni mediji i političari optuženi za ‘dvostruke standarde’
Korisnici društvenih mreža optužuju medije za licemjerstvo u pokrivanju ruske invazije na Ukrajinu u poređenju sa drugim sukobima u svijetu.
Dok se ruska invazija na Ukrajinu nastavlja, velika podrška za Ukrajince dolazi iz cijelog svijeta, pogotovo sa Zapada.
Na društvenim mrežama, brzina globalnog odgovora – uključujući izbacivanje Rusije iz nekih kulturnih i sportskih događaja – dovela je do zaključka da se takva reakcija ne viđa kada su drugi konflikti u pitanju.
Korisnici društvenih mreža stoga su optužili medije, novinare i političke zvaničnice za dvostruke standarde, ne samo zato što hvale ukrajinski otpor nego i izražavaju čuđenje kako se takvo nešto moglo desiti “civiliziranoj” naciji.
Dopisnik CBS Newsa iz Kijeva Charlie D'Agata rekao je u petak: “Ovo nije mjesto, uz dužno poštovanje, kao što je Irak ili Afganistan gdje sukobi traju decenijama. Ovo je relativno civiliziran, relativno evropski – moram da biram riječi veoma pažljivo – grad, gdje se to ne bi očekivalo, ili se ne nadaš da će se to desiti.”
Njegovi komentari su naišli na osude na društvenim mrežama uz izjave da to doprinosi dodatnoj dehumanizaciji nebijelih, neevropskih ljudi koji pate u drugim sukobima. D'Agata je kasnije uputio izvinjenje, rekavši da “na neki način žali”.
Atrocities start with words and dehumanization.
Atrocities unleashed upon millions in the ME, fueled by dictators labeled as reformists in the west.
The racist subtext: Afghans, Iraqi & Syrian lives don’t matter, for they are deemed inferior—“uncivilized.”pic.twitter.com/hC1JAkIHym— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) February 26, 2022
Utterly stupid and ill informed statement. Afghanistan was also a peaceful and “civilised” place in 1979 before the Soviets invaded (and became the battle zone between the West and Soviet block). Ditto for Iraq (before the American attack in 2003) https://t.co/HkaaT5jxOi
— Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) February 26, 2022
“This isn’t Iraq or Afghanistan. [Kyiv] is a relatively civilized city where you wouldn’t expect this to happen.”
This isn’t even OANN or Fox. This overt white supremacy is on CBS. Absolutely disgusting dehumanization of people of color.
pic.twitter.com/zV8vWCVF5h— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) February 26, 2022
U subotu je BCC ugostio bivšeg zamjenika državnog tužitelja Ukrajine Davida Sakvarelidzea.
“Ovo je veoma emocionalno za mene, jer vidim Evropljane sa plavom kosom i plavim očima kako se ubijaju svaki dan Putinovim raketama i njegovim helikopterima i njegovim raketama”, rekao je.
Voditelj BBC-ja je odgovorio: “Razumijem i naravno poštujem tu emociju.”
But people with ‘blue eyes and blonde hair’ dropping bombs over the Middle East and Africa is OK.
And ‘Blue eyes and blonde hair’ is Hitler's words from the Mein Kampf about the superior Aryan race. https://t.co/uaya7OIPKF
— Advaid അദ്വൈത് (@Advaidism) February 27, 2022
White supremacy is a core European value. #Ukraine
“It’s very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed”
— د. دانيال ياغِتش | Dr. Denijal Jegić (@denijeg) February 27, 2022
Također u petak, Sky News je emitirao video ljudi u centralnom ukrajinskom gradu Dnjepru kako prave molotovljeve koktele.
“Zapadni mainstream mediji glamurozno izvještavaju o ljudima koji se opiru invaziji praveći molotovljeve koktele. Da se radi o tamnoputim ljudima iz Jemena ili Palestine označili bi ih kao teroriste koji zaslužuju američko-izrealsko ili saudijsko bombardovanje”, napisao je jedan korisnik društvenih mreža.
If this was done by Palestinians, Afghanistan or other nations resisting occupation, it would be terrorism. And during Mandela's anti-apartheid era, it was also dubbed terrorism. For Europeans facing similar situations, it is resistance!. Western duplicity knows no bounds. https://t.co/RlK9x00ZdS
— Billow Kerrow (@BillowKerrow) February 27, 2022
the lady on CNN just now said that the damage in Kyiv is something a capitol city in Europe hasn’t seen in almost a century… the siege on Sarajevo began on April 5, 1992 and didn’t end until February 29, 1996. pic.twitter.com/NxUy3TJoqa
— Sara Brnić (@SaraBrnic_) February 25, 2022
Na najgledanijem francuskom kablovskom kanalu BMF TV, novinar Philippe Corbe je rekao: “Ovdje ne govorimo o Sirijcima koji bježe od bombi sirijskog režima koji podržava Putin, govorimo o Evropljanima koji bježe u autima koja izgledaju kao naša da spasu svoje živote.”
This war is just revealing the western hypocrisy and racism at its peak. https://t.co/rxyJNE1H6H
— Hania (@han3yy) February 27, 2022
Britanski novinar Daniel Hannan je kritiziran online zbog članka u Telegraphu, u kojem je napisao da se rat više ne dešava “siromašnim i udaljenim populacijama”.
“It's so odd,” this writer effectively cries. “War is no longer being waged exclusively against Black, brown and poor people. Shock. Horror”. An awful take. https://t.co/LNtCaSCyCa
— Nadine White (@Nadine_Writes) February 26, 2022
Evropski političari su također izrazili podršku da se otvore granice ukrajinskim izbjeglicama, koristeći izraze kao što su “intelektualci” i “Evropljani” za razliku od jezika koji se koristi u slučaju migranta i izbjeglica sa Bliskog istoka, iz Centralne Azije i Afrike.
Jean-Louis Bourlanges, zastupnik francuskog parlamenta, rekao je za medije da će ukrajinske izbjeglice biti “imigranti visoke kvalitete, intelektualci, koje bismo mogli iskoristiti”.
The Bulgarian PM: “These are not the refugees we are used to. They are Europeans, intelligent, educated people, some are IT programmers…this is not the usual refugee wave of people with an unknown past. No European country is afraid on them.”
I am not surprised, just angry.
— Victor Petrov (@VictorPPetrov) February 26, 2022
Solidarity is great, but everything is outpouring of support for Ukraine is showing is that migrants only matter if they’re white. The rest of us can play the lottery of western intervention.
— There’s No Point (@judeinlondon2) February 24, 2022
Ruska invazija se u zapadnim medijima opisuje kao najgora sigurnosna kriza u Evropi od kraja Drugog svjetskog rata, čime se doprinosi kolektivnoj amneziji relativno nedavnih sukoba na kontinentu kao što je bio rat u Bosni i Hercegovini i Sjevernoj Irskoj.
Neki komentatori su također pohvalili spremnost Ukrajinaca i odbrambene sposobnosti zemlje, sugerirajući da nijedna druga zemlja nije prošla kroz takvo iskustvo ranije.
A lot. Bosnian during the Siege of Sarajevo and throughout the Bosnian Genocide were defenceless but never wavered.
People are incredibly resilient and all over the world there are masses resisting oppression and war. Let's not be ahistorical in the name of supporting Ukraine. https://t.co/lX9HejN2ei pic.twitter.com/rjmh7w4GlT
— Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura (@Rrrrnessa) February 26, 2022
Lebanon and Yemen have shown insane perseverance and dignity in the last 6 years or so alone. outside the US, I remember people being captivated by Lebanon’s defiance in the face of Saudis taking their PM (who they didn’t even really like!) https://t.co/Q9KAD6hdhW
— 30 year old man saying he is homesick (@ByYourLogic) February 27, 2022
Lebanon and Yemen have shown insane perseverance and dignity in the last 6 years or so alone. outside the US, I remember people being captivated by Lebanon’s defiance in the face of Saudis taking their PM (who they didn’t even really like!) https://t.co/Q9KAD6hdhW
— 30 year old man saying he is homesick (@ByYourLogic) February 27, 2022
It would be great to see just a little of that enthusiasm for the legitimacy of armed resistance extended to people who are not white.
— Ben Ehrenreich (@BenEhrenreich) February 26, 2022
The glorification of white people who engage in armed resistance versus the condemnation of people of color who do the same.
— cℓaudia stєℓℓ✰r ✂️ (@ClaudiaStellar) February 26, 2022
Također su kritizirane i online donacije ukrajinskoj vojsci bez ikakvih posljedica ili suspenzija njihovih računa.
Blue tick liberals openly fund-raising for the Ukrainian military while people get their PayPal accounts frozen just for fund-raising *medical* supplies for Cuba says a lot about the relationship between ostensibly apolitical finance/tech companies & US imperialist interests.
— Louis Allday (@Louis_Allday) February 26, 2022
I love how people are literally crowdfunding Ukraine's military equipment online.
My subscribers get their PayPal donations taken aside for using the word “Palestine” or “Syria”.
If you crowdfunded for the Palestinian resistance you'd be put in jail.
Ah the double standards.
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) February 26, 2022
beyond the strangeness of this, i’m just reminded of the number of muslims and muslim organisations who had their bank accounts shut off and placed on blacklists for donating to charities with tenuous “hamas links” pic.twitter.com/mpKC4RK1lL
— HK (@HKesvani) February 26, 2022
Optužbe za dvostruke standarde mogle su se čuti i u slučaju isključivanja Rusije iz kulturnih i sportskih događaja. Poređenja su napravljena sa pokretom BDS koji traži bojkot i sankcije u slučaju Izraela, koji zapadni mediji često opisuju kao antisemitski.
First we discover that international law still exists. 2/ Refugees are welcome depending where they come from. 3/ Resistance to occupation is not only legitimate but a right. 4/ Sanctions seem to be an appropriate response to violations and not anti-Semitic as we were told. 😱🤯
— Salem Barahmeh (@Barahmeh) February 26, 2022
So you agree…that boycotts, divestments, and sanctions are legitimate actions against an occupying force? pic.twitter.com/giWz91i2B9
— Amy Fallas (@Amy_Fallas) February 26, 2022
Premijer Australije Scott Morrison podržao je bojkot Rusije u sportu, ali je kritizirao prošlomjesečni bojkot Kulturnog festivala u Sydneyju jer mu je sponzor bila izraelska ambasada.
Remember those who wrung their hands and equivocated over the Sydney Festival boycott? Remember the avalanche of anti-boycott think pieces?
Turns out that cultural boycott of an invader/occupier is neither complicated nor controversial. pic.twitter.com/gCtgCQUmUN
— Matt Chun (@matt_chun) February 26, 2022
Isn't that BDS? https://t.co/3rwsHxbZjS
— Daniel Seidemann (@DanielSeidemann) February 26, 2022
Claudia Webb, britanska parlamentarna zastupnica, napisala je na Twitteru da će ljudi koji iskreno brinu o Ukrajincima dočekati izbjeglice iz te zemlje otvorenih ruku.
“Ostali? Oni se pretvaraju”, napisala je.
The sorrow & despair we all feel for Ukraine should be identical to the sorrow & despair we feel for Yemen, Palestine & Syria.
— Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) February 25, 2022