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> As a European I can say that the only people who still look up to the USA as a great country are the people who base their views on Hollywood instead of the n
by gwright 6y ago
> As a European I can say that the only people who still look up to the USA as a great country are the people who base their views on Hollywood instead of the news.
Basing your view on the "news" is a huge mistake. Mass media portrayal of the US (or really of any country) is much closer to a constructed narrative than a transparent view of "reality".
Do you think US "news" portrays Europe accurately? (honest question)
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoStronger: For the last several years, the US has been the target of a disinformation and agitprop campaign. (Or more than one. And it doesn't really matter if the origin of the campaign is domestic, so you have to count the Republican and Democratic machines, which both paint a picture that things are terrible, and our side is the only one that can fix it.) That doesn't make it easy to form a realistic assessment of how good or bad things are...