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American press is much more independent than European press. When WSJ broke the Elizabeth Holmes story, much ink was spilled showing how no European paper woul
by pyuser583 2y ago
American press is much more independent than European press.
When WSJ broke the Elizabeth Holmes story, much ink was spilled showing how no European paper would take on a corporation strong government support.
Looking at Europe, governments first instinct is to protect national favorites.
European whistleblowers are likely to face defamation suits, something thankfully difficult in America.
- TowerTall 2y agoIdenpendent from what or whom. Most American media is owned by a tiny handfull of people.
- hulitu 2y ago> European whistleblowers are likely to face defamation suits, something thankfully difficult in America. In US they will always find a "minor" who was "raped" 20 years ago. Or the whistleblower will suddenly commit suicide.
- rightbyte 2y agoThe Boeing whistleblower comes to mind.
- esperent 2y ago> much ink was spilled showing how no European paper would take on a corporation strong government support Could you provide some examples of this? I know it's possible in the UK to get a court order to prevent media coverage, but I didn't know that was the case in other European countries.
- pyuser583 2y agoI was thinking of the Wirecard scandal in Germany. The regulators responded to concerns by silencing silencing critics of the company. I read either "defamation" or "libel" somewhere, but this article says: [German regulators] banned investors from betting against Wirecard shares for two months, the first such restriction on an individual company in German stock market history. That was quickly followed by a criminal complaint against two Financial Times journalists who had reported the whistleblower allegations about the payments company. https://www.ft.com/content/f62f7f56-3d45-492c-ae88-172948d21eb8 https://www.ft.com/content/f62f7f56-3d45-492c-ae88-172948d21...