> I'm assuming this is because their media is extra transparent or their intelligence extra leaky. No, there is nothing extra transparent about the general med

> I'm assuming this is because their media is extra transparent or their intelligence extra leaky. No, there is nothing extra transparent about the general media in the Netherlands. And because they seem to cater for readers with a short average attention span, the articles are generally short and, unfortunately, too often lacking depth and perspective. As an illustration, the NOS (https://nos.nl https://nos.nl) which has nothing of the quality of, for instance, their German counterparts. (Their cycling, ice-skating and football coverage is excellent though) Also, the modern Dutch are not a nation of philosophers, and that shows in they way they think (or do not think) about problems. This might also explain why these intelligence drama/failures come up more often. They will generally not hesitate a single instant to clearly (for foreigners, it is often felt as "bluntly") tell you what is on their mind, and perhaps some employees didn't hesitate to express loudly the complaints she or he might have had about certain law-braking approaches.