Often, including today, we have news like: a Russian did this and that.

Or: A transgender stole something.

Or a 20-year-old rider crashed a bike.

 

I think headlines and descriptions like that are used to point fingers at certain groups, i.e. Russians. Is that fair?

Are all Russians bad? Many of them? Or maybe there are just as many bad people from other countries?

 

Personally, I would prefer to read descriptions like: The 53-year-old woman from Lviv, in Ukraine, who is a teacher and on holiday in Thailand, did this and that.

Because then we can't just easily point the fingers at a big group of people.

 

If some incidents happen again and again, like stolen necklaces in Pattaya, and most of the thieves belong to one group, then it is obviously fair to point that out.

But if one Russian or German or Australian person did something wrong, should that be reported only with the nationality?

 

I know it would be more work for journalists to write accurate news. And I don't think it would hurt if journalists would be more accurate and not just write something to publish something.

 

What do you think?

 

30 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Often, including today, we have news like: a Russian did this and that.

Or: A transgender stole something.

Or a 20-year-old rider crashed a bike.

 

I think headlines and descriptions like that are used to point fingers at certain groups, i.e. Russians. Is that fair?

Are all Russians bad? Many of them? Or maybe there are just as many bad people from other countries?

 

Personally, I would prefer to read descriptions like: The 53-year-old woman from Lviv, in Ukraine, who is a teacher and on holiday in Thailand, did this and that.

Because then we can't just easily point the fingers at a big group of people.

 

If some incidents happen again and again, like stolen necklaces in Pattaya, and most of the thieves belong to one group, then it is obviously fair to point that out.

But if one Russian or German or Australian person did something wrong, should that be reported only with the nationality?

 

I know it would be more work for journalists to write accurate news. And I don't think it would hurt if journalists would be more accurate and not just write something to publish something.

 

What do you think?

 

I think people should be smart enough not to blame a whole group for what one person does. Sadly, there are too many people who can't do a simple thing like that.

9 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

I think people should be smart enough not to blame a whole group for what one person does. Sadly, there are too many people who can't do a simple thing like that.

I agree.

But I think it is also natural if one reads stories about Russians, Russians and Russians, that after a while we get the idea that Russians are to blame for everything. "Journalist" seem to like to polarize people. 

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I think it is fair that news is reported accurately.

 

If it's a Russian, why withhold that information? Do we need to hide the sex of the individual? The age? The location? The reason?

 

We'd end up with headlines like "Person attacks another person with something, somewhere, some time, for some reason".

41 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I think it is fair that news is reported accurately.

 

If it's a Russian, why withhold that information? Do we need to hide the sex of the individual? The age? The location? The reason?

 

We'd end up with headlines like "Person attacks another person with something, somewhere, some time, for some reason".

I agree.

But let's say there is a 36 year old lesbian teacher with Russian passport who robs someone. What would the headline say?

Maybe: Russian robber...

And now let the same person help a child. Then suddenly the headline might be: Teacher helped child.

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Often, including today, we have news like: a Russian did this and that.

Or: A transgender stole something.

Or a 20-year-old rider crashed a bike.

 

I think headlines and descriptions like that are used to point fingers at certain groups, i.e. Russians. Is that fair?

Are all Russians bad? Many of them? Or maybe there are just as many bad people from other countries?

 

Personally, I would prefer to read descriptions like: The 53-year-old woman from Lviv, in Ukraine, who is a teacher and on holiday in Thailand, did this and that.

Because then we can't just easily point the fingers at a big group of people.

 

If some incidents happen again and again, like stolen necklaces in Pattaya, and most of the thieves belong to one group, then it is obviously fair to point that out.

But if one Russian or German or Australian person did something wrong, should that be reported only with the nationality?

 

I know it would be more work for journalists to write accurate news. And I don't think it would hurt if journalists would be more accurate and not just write something to publish something.

 

What do you think?

 

You may have notised: Western "war correspondents" report from 500 Km away from the "frontline". Reporting how many Russian soldiers have lost their live, reliably. Never reporting how many Ukrainian soldiers have lost their live.

 

Gone are the days, when Dan Rather reported from the frontline during tha Vietnam War.

 Gone are the days when "Dan Rather" reported from the the frontline during the Vietnam war.

13 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Often, including today, we have news like: a Russian did this and that.

Or: A transgender stole something.

Or a 20-year-old rider crashed a bike.

 

I think headlines and descriptions like that are used to point fingers at certain groups, i.e. Russians. Is that fair?

Are all Russians bad? Many of them? Or maybe there are just as many bad people from other countries?

 

Personally, I would prefer to read descriptions like: The 53-year-old woman from Lviv, in Ukraine, who is a teacher and on holiday in Thailand, did this and that.

Because then we can't just easily point the fingers at a big group of people.

 

If some incidents happen again and again, like stolen necklaces in Pattaya, and most of the thieves belong to one group, then it is obviously fair to point that out.

But if one Russian or German or Australian person did something wrong, should that be reported only with the nationality?

 

I know it would be more work for journalists to write accurate news. And I don't think it would hurt if journalists would be more accurate and not just write something to publish something.

 

What do you think?

 

In my home country, 24% of the population has a migrant background. 65% of prison inmates have a migrant background. I think I need not to elaborate any further. Sooner or later a "hard rain will have to fall". Bob Dylan.