Media Misfocus in Crises

Newsrooms often prioritize attention‑grabbing ancillary narratives—like the risks of deepfakes—over the core geopolitical, humanitarian, or governance stakes of breaking events. That misallocation changes public understanding and can delay substantive policy scrutiny of the incident itself. — If mainstream outlets habitually foreground peripheral tech‑panic frames during geopolitical crises, public debate and policy response will be distorted in ways that matter for accountability and democratic oversight.