Most of the time, the mainstream media try to conceal the origins of immigrant or migrant criminals.

This argument is used in the debate Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration?.

This argument is an objection to The ultra-right is doing a lot of misinformation about violence committed by people of foreign origin..

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News stories involving migrants or descendants of immigrants are treated in such a way as not to "play into the hands of the extreme right" by concealing the origin of the criminals in many cases. Thus, it is only incidentally, or in regional media, that the first names or even the names of the defendants appear. The so-called "far-right" media systematically cross-check the names of migrant or immigrant attackers.

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The mainstream media don't mind playing into the hands of the far right as long as it sells.
News stories about assaults by people of foreign origin sell well, so it's in the interests of the mainstream media to highlight them.

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