Western media framed Ukraine as civilized partly because it is European

Evidence

9. “[Ukraine] isn’t a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan, that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilized, relatively European—I have to choose these words carefully—city, one where you wouldn’t expect that, or hope that it’s going to happen.” Charlie D’Agata, CBS foreign correspondent, “CBS: Ukraine Is ‘Civilized,’ ” supra note 7. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1792

Categorization

• CANDY: A quotable, striking soundbite showing how ‘European’ coded as civilized in war coverage.
• XREF: connects to: Western media favored liberal pro-Western voices inside the uprisings; Oligarch-owned broadcasters decided Ukraine coverage by owner self-interest — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 486; Left-wing Ukrainians read Europe as social democracy and direct democracy, not mere EU accession — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 488