tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post3376488114452135011..comments2023-11-02T13:57:16.422+02:00Comments on a lamb with no guiding light: Minorities in China are treated betterArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-52975226287923902252007-12-31T19:07:00.000+02:002007-12-31T19:07:00.000+02:00Yes, it's a very unbalanced article. It's like int...Yes, it's a very unbalanced article. It's like interviewing Stalin and Hitler for a balanced view on World War 2's events. Both Finlandssvensk Samling and Suomalaisuuden liito are hardly the places to go for a fair picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-27827564049369661932007-12-06T03:58:00.000+02:002007-12-06T03:58:00.000+02:00That is right, and it also applies to articles abo...That is right, and it also applies to articles about small countries in Finnish media. Basically, it is all about what kind of people journalist meets first when he arrives in this hypothetical small country. He knows nothing of the subject beforehand and his first contacts define how he writes; if he must write about language problems in Finland, and he first gets to speak with a Swedish speaking activist/supremacist - voila, there you go. Works other way around, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-44417975133265555972007-12-05T22:37:00.000+02:002007-12-05T22:37:00.000+02:00My working theory is that all articles written by ...My working theory is that all articles written by foreigners about small countries are inaccurate, and I just don't know enough to notice the errors when the topic isn't Finland.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741128283037566675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893847182564659255.post-76834492419471134832007-12-04T23:33:00.000+02:002007-12-04T23:33:00.000+02:00Is there some kind of EU directive that stipulates...Is there some kind of EU directive that stipulates that whenever an article about Finland is published in foreign press, at least a few factual errors and misrepresentations must be inserted in it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com