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It's quite telling to me that this has not been meaningfully covered or even mentioned at all in Swedish news media (at least from what I can tell). Propaganda
by 3np 5y ago
It's quite telling to me that this has not been meaningfully covered or even mentioned at all in Swedish news media (at least from what I can tell).
Propaganda (which I like to think of it as) works differently in different places, I guess. In Sweden it's perfectly fine to be critical of the sitting government and politicians, but information about corruption, unethical, and illegal activity in staple companies like Vattenfall (their greenwashing and coal-expansion is probably more known in Germany than Sweden), Ericsson, Volvo, Telia, Bofors, and ABB are usually just swept under the rug and more often than not most reporters aren't even aware.
- lawn 5y agoFor a bit of contrast, I've been reading quite a bit of it. But you're right that it hasn't gotten the attention it deserves, maybe because it's been crowded away by other news, or by the unwillingness (conscious or not) to not assign so much importance to it.
- aWidebrant 5y agoSwedish public television has covered this story quite extensively: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/granskning/ https://www.svt.se/nyheter/granskning/
- 3np 5y agoIt's peculiar how this works. I have been staying home with my folks for a couple of months (and therefore taking part of the daily TV news (OK, not 100% coverage but more often than not) as well as reading the daily local newspaper). Been glued to the radio (mostly P1, some P3) for the last week. First time I hear of this. A cursory scroll- and click from SR, DN, and SvD before my first comment yielded nothing. And yet I can now see that you are right. Good on SVT