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Süddeutsche Zeitung on the American press

An article in the April 4 Süddeutsche Zeitung (byline Michaela Haas) talks about how the American press has reported on Donald Trump. It is truly damning. Here are a few choice excerpts.

When Trump said he would pull out of NATO if elected president, US TV News broadcasts spent less than 6 minutes on the story. In the same period, they spent over 21 minutes on Biden's advanced age.

In 2016, more broadcast time was spent on Hillary's sloppy e-mail management than on all of Trump's scandals together.

When Trump said he would use the military to stifle political opposition, the Associated Press reported "Trump intends a wider role for the military".

The US population largely believes the Trump propaganda that the economy in in the dumps due to Biden, whereas the truth is historically low unemployment and strong GDP growth.

Local radio broadcasters constantly report on a crime wave caused by immigration, whereas the truth is that US-born citizens have double the crime statistics of undocumented immigrants.

Six years ago, 1/4 of Trump voters believed the 2020 election was stolen. The number today is 70%.

3/4 of all voters today do not know that Trump called his political opponents "vermin" and promised mass deportations on the first day of his presidency.

Online news is driven by algorithms to maximize click-bait. People do not know what to believe, and have become cynical and apathetic. The most important duty of the press, to inform people, has been lost.

It seems that if one wants to know the facts about Trump, it is better to read the foreign press.
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