Study of newspapers across Europe reveals that initial press sympathy after Alan Kurdi’s death rapidly reverted to type within a weekNewspapers in western Europe became significantly more sympathetic towards migrants and refugees immediately after the publication of photographs of the lifeless body of Alan (aka Aylan) Kurdi on a Turkish beach.But within a week of the pictures of the three-year-old boy having been published most of the papers had reverted to their original editorial stance. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
