From “cockroaches” to campaigns: how the UK press u-turned on the refugee crisis

What do you mean by your second paragraph? I can't figure what you're saying.

Strangely you may be right, the press runs the country, at least when it comes to peoples' opinions.

A better model might be that the (majority of the) UK press attempts to fashion good headlines in line with the broad interests of the Murdoch empire.

Thanks for the reminder. I was interested in the massive flip in the media that happened last week, but it‘s been a while since I’ve read the guidelines.

Well that's the thing. Americans generally don't think about their foreign policy. When you destabilize a country to get rid of its dictator you create all sorts of hardship for the people. Many thousands of children died in Iraq and Syria, but this one picture brings it home to the world that these are just normal people with normal lives. And because of the grand chessboard games you want to play, their lives have been completely destroyed so they try to flee, but there is no where for them to go to...

It seems the media accomplished it's mission. Personally I was more shocked by the twist of the story. A husband and father puts his wife and kids in mortal danger on a overcrowded boat to get from Turkey to Greece. Wife and kids die. Everybody is to blame except the one who was supposed to protect them. Days earlier, Merkel said that Germany will help everyone who enters it's borders. Waves of immigrants enter into a frenzy to reach Germany. People die. We see pictures of dead kids. Merkel has no responsibility. Days later she changes her mind and pressures every country in EU to help with the waves but does nothing to discourage them. My conclusion ? Western Europe politicians and their supporters are insane.