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Definitely interesting. Thanks for posting it. Their about page [1] states, "euro|topics is a service provided by the Federal Agency for Civic Education." Add
by jcr 11y ago
Definitely interesting. Thanks for posting it.
Their about page [1] states, "euro|topics is a service provided by the
Federal Agency for Civic Education."
Additionally, it states, "With the daily press review euro|topics has
been making an important contribution towards establishing a European
public sphere since 2005. It aims to convey a realistic overview of
national debates and discourse. To this end it quotes from articles in
European media that help shape public opinion in the countries in
question."
The open question is, what political slant or agenda (if any) do they
tend to apply in their article selection?
[1] http://www.eurotopics.net/en/149270/europe-s-press-comments http://www.eurotopics.net/en/149270/europe-s-press-comments
- vincent_s 11y agoTheir only agenda should be to promote democracy and educate people about it. It's hard to tell if they hold up to that but, personally, I trust them to be objective (and most people in Germany would agree, I guess). Anyway, the pieces they publish are just translations from newspapers around Europe. It looks like they select them in order to outline a variety of political positions. It's very interesting to see how different the same incident is perceived in countries like Hungary, Spain and the UK, for example.