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What the Danish and European media misunderstand (and misrepresent) about America, and vice versa. And other stuff.

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Liars, Damned Liars, and the Media

Posted on 2021-11-222021-11-22 by greg nagan
Liars, Damned Liars, and the Media

Friday evening Danish time, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury of his peers in Wisconsin. I was braced for the worst from the Danish media over the weekend, and TV2 didn’t let me down. Teenager shot and killed two and went free—why the case divides AmericaLaura Byager Rabøl, TV2 News, Nov 20 If you…

CategoriesActivism, Civil Unrest, Explainers, Justice, Media, TV2 News

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