The Media: "Some people deserved to be blamed more than others"

The media often talks about victim blaming. Victim blaming is often raised in relation to rape cases. A male asylum seeker was gang-raped in a detention centre as exposed by a whistleblower. Exposing such evil acts is noble without a doubt. This nobility can  be contrasted to the hypocrisy of the media regarding the way it reports such issues. 

It is true that no one seems to be really saying that the asylum seekers should not be in Australia regarding the case. However, the media does not ask questions about why something so terrible can happen to the victim in this case, a Pakistani male who is seeking refuge in privileged country. The media raises this question whenever people comment that a woman, typically a young, attractive Australian woman may not have had to be subject to such treatment had she not gone out at night. It says that its "victim blaming".

Blaming someone involves removing accountability from a perpetrator on the grounds that the perpetrator has a legitimate right to harm the victim. Therefore, saying that a victim may not have suffered something had they not been at the wrong place at the wrong time does not amount to victim blaming. It is merely a statement explaining the possibility of an event.