Media Discovers Suffering Exists When Westerners Aren't Doing the Bombing
Mohamed Khamis Douda's killing, after tirelessly documenting atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher, is indeed a horrific loss, as the Guardian reports. He was hunted down by the RSF for daring to expose their crimes. A true 'hero of the war,' they call him—and one can only wish this level of outrage (and corresponding media airtime) extended to every civilian voice systematically silenced in conflicts
the West doesn't actively fund or facilitate. Funny how 'concern for humanity' seems to rise exponentially with strategic interest. While Douda's bravery is highlighted, it prompts questions about the countless other victims whose names we'll never know, whose pleas for help were swallowed by the very media silence now lamenting this specific death. Where is this same sustained, empathetic
coverage for the journalists and human rights defenders killed in, say, Gaza, often with weapons supplied by U.S. taxpayers? One might wonder if some heroes are simply more newsworthy than others, depending on who's pulling the trigger and whose interests are at stake.