Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970060827

Mr. Speaker. in the summer of 1974. the television sets of the world brought yet another war into our living roomsthe Turkish invasion of Cyprus. We saw Turkish C47 transports against the brilliant blue of the Mediterranean sky. flying in tight V formations for dropping paratroopers. We saw the whole familiar horror of invasion and aggressionthe clanking tanks. the frightened bewildered refugees. cities turned into battlefields. villages that had sustained families for centuries suddenly desolate except for the soldiers of the occupier. Seven years after these images first assaulted us. Cyprus is no longer newsworthy to the media. Newsworthy or not.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
BOBBI FIEDLER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
F
Date
1981-07-21
Speech ID
970060827
Paragraph
#0
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