Comments on: Lack of diversity http://www.papascott.de/archives/2004/07/28/lack-of-diversity/ I'm a sucker for girl groups. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:05:08 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erik http://www.papascott.de/archives/2004/07/28/lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 Erik Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wp.papascott.de/wordpress/?p=1974#comment-1416 <p>Yup - I'm talking about coverage of issues (such as the Iraq War and US Domestic politics) where there's substantial overlap between the US & European press.</p> <p>Actually, I'm at least as concerned about the <em>perception</em> among (most?) Europeans of both their own and the American press as I am about the imbalance in the press itself.</p> <p>American public discourse is nowhere near as one-sided as most Europeans seem to believe, and the widespread belief that it <em>is</em> one-sided and purely propaganda driven allows people to dismiss any consideration of other points of view without actually giving them any sort of hearing at all.</p> Yup – I’m talking about coverage of issues (such as the Iraq War and US Domestic politics) where there’s substantial overlap between the US & European press.

Actually, I’m at least as concerned about the perception among (most?) Europeans of both their own and the American press as I am about the imbalance in the press itself.

American public discourse is nowhere near as one-sided as most Europeans seem to believe, and the widespread belief that it is one-sided and purely propaganda driven allows people to dismiss any consideration of other points of view without actually giving them any sort of hearing at all.

]]> By: PapaScott http://www.papascott.de/archives/2004/07/28/lack-of-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 PapaScott Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wp.papascott.de/wordpress/?p=1974#comment-1417 <p>In which case we're talking past each other, since I already know how the American press works. I'm not sure that an average German would know anything about the US press, but as a <em>Besserwisser</em> that wouldn't prevent them from expressing an opinion. :-)</p> In which case we’re talking past each other, since I already know how the American press works. I’m not sure that an average German would know anything about the US press, but as a Besserwisser that wouldn’t prevent them from expressing an opinion. :-)

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