It’s stating the obvious, and hardly unprecedented, but the information firehose around the invasion of Ukraine makes it profoundly difficult to find what is significant and what is not, at least on news websites like that of the Guardian. Aside from the never-ending op-eds (‘The cold war terrors are back and generation X finally has something to offer the young‘) you have pieces like ‘We’re showing we’re alive’: the older Ukrainians running daily as war rages‘ appearing on a seemingly equal level with ‘Russia widens attack with airstrikes on western Ukraine cities‘.
Thank heavens for the Economist and the Financial Times. Now if only I had a portfolio to match.
In the face of this firehose, it’s hard not to be put off. I admire the incredible Ukrainian war for hearts and minds, and Zelensky’s tireless outreach. But there is so much of it, and pointing out that Syrians never got this support is unheard, or a piously tokenistic acknowledgement.