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Cheering and Jeering on the Escalator to Hell: One Year of UK Media Coverage on the War in Ukraine

Written by

Matthew Blackburn
Senior Researcher

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Summary:

While there is a common awareness of wartime media censorship in both Ukraine and Russia, there has been less research on Western media coverage and expert analysis of the war in Ukraine. This essay considers the extent to which a skewed and partisan version of the war’s evolution has been presented in UK media. Five stages are identi- fied in the emergence and evolution of a British meta-narrative on the war in Ukraine, replete with ‘cheering’ and ‘jeering’, that works against a realistic understanding of the war’s nature and reasonable consideration of possible future scenarios. It is argued this coverage has sidestepped critical questions of the war’s stage-by-stage escalation and has essentially avoided serious debate of the risks, costs and benefits of such a course.

Themes

  • Russia and Eurasia

Written by

Matthew Blackburn
Senior Researcher

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