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Journalists reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could not help but contrast the military strikes to recent conflicts in Afghanistan.

But a painful double standard quickly emerges inside of those comparisons, writes @LorraineAli.

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In the heat of war, a number of correspondents, consciously or not, framed suffering and displacement as acceptable for Arabs, Afghans and others over there — but not here, in Europe.

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“We’re not talking here about Syrians fleeing the bombing of the Syrian regime backed by Putin, we’re talking about Europeans leaving in cars that look like ours to save their lives,” Philippe Corbé of France-based BFM TV said.

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The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association sent out a statement on Sunday condemning “the racist implications that any population or country is ‘uncivilized’ or bears economic factors that make it worthy of conflict."

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The unguarded bias that emerged from reporters covering Ukraine isn’t new. The gentle sell of America’s Afghanistan operation and its Baghdad invasion centered around a narrative of saving the brutes from themselves.

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"The limits of empathy in wartime, measured by race.”

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