What the Danish and European media misunderstand (and misrepresent) about America, and vice versa. And other stuff.
Whether you’re just stumbling on this blog for the first time or you used to be a regular reader (who has hopefully followed me over to the Nagan Of Copenhagen Substack), if you’re looking for more on how badly the Danish media have distorted Danes’ perceptions of the United States, and why it matters, you…
“Maybe it’s time,” I wrote in the last line of the previous post, “to accept that the Danish media have no interest in covering America as anything but an outgrowth of the Democratic Party and move on.” I’ve always hated ambiguity: it’s time to move on. In case you haven’t already made the switch, or…
While going over the Danish news this morning I came across this photo: The caption says “When thousands of people stormed Congress, 138 officers were injured in the fight. Five people died during the storm itself or in the days following, as a result of the fighting.” The caption is a lie. It is an…
It’s a take, that’s for sure. The headline and lede frame the story in an unusual way. Headline: Beer giant wanted to be progressive in its campaign. Then they abandoned the main character when everything went wrong. Lede: A popular beer brand wanted to reach a more “woke” target group. But it released a storm…
There’s a piece up on Nagan Of Copenhagen that explains the circumstances behind the recent lack of content. It also lays out a pretty good case for my not rushing back. (Or for rushing back, if that’s how I’m feeling.) I’ll be back eventually, as annoyed and indefatigably optimistic as ever, but whether that means…
First of all, I apologize for the sporadic posting lately. It’s just been one thing after another. Some good, some bad, but cumulatively time consuming and distracting. This inconsistency will probably persist another few weeks, both here and on Nagan of Copenhagen. I’ve been gifted some time this evening, however, and that’s a good thing,…
In an article published this morning, Danmarks Radio (DR) makes an interesting accusation against Donald Trump: At no point during his speech did Trump give concrete examples of his accusations against Biden. Nor did he at any time give examples or evidence of his other assertions, such as the persecution of Christians by democrats. That’s…
The Danish government is willfully misleading the citizens of Denmark about America. So are most of the privately owned Danish news media, but privately owned companies are entitled to be as biased as they want. Steffen Kretz is the U.S. correspondent for the taxpayer-funded, state-controlled media Danmarks Radio (DR). I’ve chronicled his bias, misperceptions, misrepresentations,…
I like Ron DeSantis. I think he has the most principled and consistent approach to politics of any major figure in America right now, but that may just because he seems to be only one operating by principle instead of going whichever way the wind blows. His competence is also refreshing. Berlingske Tidende’s editorial board…
An opinion piece in Berlingske Tidende on Sunday raises some interesting questions about the future of the war in Ukraine, some of which are stated directly and some of which are merely implied. Will we still say “Slava Ukraini” if the US pulls the plug?Adam Holm, Berlingske.dk, May 21 The subhead or lede of the…
I quote it all the time, here and elsewhere, but here once more are the closing lines of G.K. Chesterton’s Heretics: The great march of mental destruction will go on. Everything will be denied. Everything will become a creed. It is a reasonable position to deny the stones in the street; it will be a…
Everybody run, the Dread Tyrant Trump has been handed a gun! Thanks to the Durham report released earlier this week, we now know that the “Russia collusion” accusations against Donald Trump were a fabrication—a lie—engineered by the Hillary Clinton campaign and dutifully leveraged by partisans within America’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies and ultimately enflamed…
Eldest came up to me Wednesday evening to show me a Snapchat conversation thread she thought I’d be interested in. It was with a GPT-powered AI avatar. Eldest was appalled at the way it had just suddenly popped itself into her feed. She was irritated, but also very curious—she showed me how she’d peppered the…
NATO comes under new management in September: current Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will step down and he’ll be replaced with a fresh face. Probably a female face, because, according to Berlingske, “it would look good with a woman to lead the Western defense alliance.” The article by European correspondent Solveig Gram Jensen is entitled “Forget about…
Tom Jensen is the editor in chief of Berlingske Tidende. He uses a column on its editorial pages as his “center-right” (borgerlig) newsletter. I’ve covered some of his previous “newsletters” in the past. Have you almost forgotten about the war in Ukraine? Be careful with thatTom Jensen, Berlingske.dk, April 27 The upshot of this one…
Readers of this blog already know that Tucker Carlson and Fox News parted ways Monday evening because you’re both pretty well-informed people. Readers of this blog also knew the how the Danish news media would cover such an event long before it hit the wires. (You also knew they wouldn’t cover the simultaneous parting of…
