It does not help that people feel passionately about these things on the basis on media reporting. As I said in another comment, my own experience of living in

It does not help that people feel passionately about these things on the basis on media reporting. As I said in another comment, my own experience of living in two countries, and reading media from a few others, is that it inaccurate, sometimes wildly so. Sometimes dishonestly so - and dishonesty often comes from simple laziness.