Henry Nowak and the politics of deflection

Rather than confront the failures of the police, much of the media has chosen to focus on those expressing outrage over the case.

While the country is still reeling from the horrific murder of eighteen-year-old student Henry Nowak, an astonishing article has appeared in El País, Spain’s largest national newspaper. Rather than focus on the failures of the police officers, or the institutional bias within the force, the headline steers its readers away from the case and towards the …