Consider the tone of these headlines. “The little victim of a growing crisis” was the Washington Post’s headline above a large, color, front-page photo of Kurdi on September 3. “Image of a small, still boy brings a global crisis into focus” appeared in The New York Times on September 4. “Sight of a tiny victim stirs the world” also appeared in The New York Times, on September 3.
Do these headlines not demand that we pay attention, that we find some way to prevent more deaths like this from occurring? Was the little boy in CMP’s video not also “a little victim of a growing crisis”? Not according to the American media, despite the fact that a Planned Parenthood employee, incredibly, utters both “It’s a baby” and “Another boy!” while looking at his remains in the dish.
Those headlines could have easily been used to describe any image of a baby who dies during an abortion. The New York Times or Washington Post would never use such tender language to describe a victim of abortion. Because of those editorial choices, the average consumer will only hear about one tragedy—that of Kurdi.
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