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Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by djbusby on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:00AM (#32662912)
Where can I go for more factual information?
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by npc54321 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:05AM (#32663006)
Of course: CNN, Fox News, New York Times, White House's press secretary (but only when the president is a democrat).
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by Grim-444 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:07AM (#32663050)
It's hilarious that I honestly can't tell if this is sarcasm or not.
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by unethical_ban on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:35AM (#32663554)
The account is a troll.
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by kergonath on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:13AM (#32663154)
The NYT is… not great in its European coverage. Often pushing a narrative along the lines of “look how much it sucks compared to here”. I don’t follow CNN or Fox News, and definitely not the White House’s press releases.

If you want decent coverage in English, the BBC and the Guardian are better, though not without blind spots.

Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by dougmwne on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:48PM (#32665796)
The NYT has a pretty strong anti-EU bias. I suspect it has a lot to do with American interests and the ownership of the paper. Just about every article about EU affairs has a very negative and skeptical stance. They REALLY hate the EU certification of PDO for food labeling, which in itself I think is a big clue about who’s interests it represents.
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:34AM (#32663537)
>Often pushing a narrative along the lines of “look how much it sucks compared to here”.

Which seems nonsensical considering their readership is strongly correlated with the subset of Americans who think we should do things like Western Europe. I'm sure they have metrics and have A/B tested it but still, seems weird...

Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by kergonath on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:26PM (#32664543)
> Which seems nonsensical considering their readership is strongly correlated with the subset of Americans who think we should do things like Western Europe.

In a somewhat myopic way. Social security is great, but laïcité is bad. Scandinavians can do nothing bad, but the rest of Europe is a big mess. Free speech (as it is seen in the US) is a fundamental right, but not for those who criticise organised religion (like those European blasphemers).

Reports of anything in places like Germany, France, Spain, or Italy is always ambivalent.

From my experience this reflects the majority point of view in American liberals.

Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is by unethical_ban on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @06:45PM (#32669315)
>but not for those who criticise organised religion

You think American liberals want to silence critics of organized religion? Have you met a liberal?