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Oddtapio t1_j1rlk2s wrote

Swedish public news has to be objective by law but it seems hard in practice. If there are two sides of a story with a ratio of 100:1 they still feel they have to interview the 1 opposing view resulting in a 1:1 time in the limelight (sometimes that is).

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redditguyjustinp OP t1_j1rs207 wrote

I wish we at least had a law for this in the USA, even if its not perfect! In your experience does the law at least make a positive impact?

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Oddtapio t1_j1sdmnd wrote

Definitely yes. It is financed by tax money. We also have commercial channel’s news that hasn’t gone completely mad like in the US and I suppose the public service media may be the reason. People leaning towards the right tend to claim that the public service media is very leftist.

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redditguyjustinp OP t1_j1selfu wrote

I think we actually used to have a similar law in the USA and then it was changed...

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