Ukraine, 'ginisa sa sariling mantika'

By Van Ybiernas

Mar 25, 2022 12:03 am

I SPENT one morning a week or so ago watching Anderson Cooper's show on CNN tackle the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was unmistakably a poverty porn extravaganza.

Amy Martin reminds us that the roots of poverty porn traces back to the utilization of still photography to sensationalize topics such as war. In the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg, for instance, lurid photos of the dead were splattered in print media and books with the intent of swaying public opinion surrounding the American Civil War.

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