Why is dr, tv2 and all the other Danish media giving so much space to Kirk and the US reaction to it? Today there was a protest in Copenhagen against the bill they are trying to pass to allow state mass surveillance and there is nothing in the news. And Kirk is on the top of the homepage. Should we expect the same for every YouTube, tik too,IG influencer?
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/live-tusindvis-af-amerikanere-ventes-deltage-i-mindehoejtidelighed-charlie-kirk
Why is DR giving so much space to Kirk?
byu/LoveUrLifeNow inDenmark
Posted by LoveUrLifeNow
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We have no idea, but do let us know if you find the answer.
Good question. I’d much rather hear about the fucking surveillance laws, but they seem to be sweeping it under the rug. My confidence in DR has never been lower.
He was a significant political figure that got publicly assassinated while speaking at a college. That’s pretty unusual, to say the least. Massive crowds are turning out to mourn him. This is a major event, a bit like with George Floyd.
Likely because the articles get a lot of clicks and engagements. Same thing that determines how much space any story is given
let us just be honest. Media in Denmark is following this because of the right wing lunatics. Charlie Kirk is just an excuse to introduce fascism gradually in God’s own Country. Yes it is a fucking clown show us Dane want to watch
Because now the US will devolve into a military autocracy, well , even more than it already was
Because accept it or not, Denmark and Danish culture is heavily influenced or rather assimilated by American media and culture.
I’m going to take some heat for saying this, but it’s because nothing ever happens in Denmark, so they try to find overseas news to fill the space.
I have no idea! Nobody in Denmark care about him! And he was a YouTuber and a podcaster. Not a politician
Unpaid interns are probably told to chase numbers. It’s a nightmare.
Because it’s a symbol of the political discourse and instability in America.
Like him or not, in a free and democratic country, anyone should be able to express themselves, whether we agree with them or not.
Denmark is as a country very dependent on America as we are basically defenceless without them, so it is in our best interest that America remains stable and reliable.
Who?
So they can avoid any mention of chat control
The question could be preceded by one about why DR is giving so much space to USA in general.
Kirk was a lynchpin in the MAGA-GOP future and trumps plans for expanding US borders. It is pure power with Ernst vom Rath flavour.
The far-right is the biggest source of user engagement that Danish media has.
Over half of their SoMe content is aimed at this segment, cause they rage easily and bring in traffic.
Also, for some reason Danish media has always had a hard-on for everything that happens in America.
They are more likely to bring a domestic American story rather than focusing on European news.
When was the last time you saw DR or TV2 cover the Serbian student protests?
Same in Finland 🙄…
Hvorfor skriver du på engelsk, når du kan dansk?
Kirk nyheden er mere relevant og større end chatloven. Chatloven er kun relevant på reddit, har vitterligt ikke hørt om det andre steder.
TV2 is USA fanboys, they LOVE everything that has anything to do with USA.
It’s absolutely ridiculous, but they spend more time on USA than Europe.
Charlie Kirk went to Greenland with Trumps son, not long ago. They wanted to look around and talk bad about us. So I’m celebrating this
I have a feeling it’s something about clicks…
Regarding chatcontrol: This is most likely a combination of, overall, lazy journalism and the complexity of the matter. It’s very difficult to explain secure messaging. And also the fact that the encryption is not broken – it’s rather like a backdoor is installed that defacto invalidates encryption etc. Your average Joe just doesn’t understand this. And journalists don’t care to understand and explain this very well.
So easy way out is to don’t tell the story.
Because political assassinations are a big deal?
Sender TV2 også David Duke taler lige om lidt?
It may not mean much to you or me, but it is a huge subject in American politics.
Because we danes consume american culture and media 24/7.
Because the destabilization of USA is very important to Denmark, Charlie Kirk is just a proxy for the political unrest in today’s USA.
Because it has been a historical event that is making the far-right justify even more crazy shit in the US.
I agree it shouldn’t be news in Denmark, but it is.
Every US story is easy (both in time and money).
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The Charlie Kirk situation is incredibly important to understand what’s going on in the US, and what happens there affects the rest of us. I would be worried if the news did not cover this.
I do agree, that we need a lot more attention to the chat control bill, and yes it is weird that it doesn’t get more coverage.
Af samme årsag som du skriver på engelsk og andre i tråden svarer på engelsk: Danmark er blevet ekstremt amerikaniseret.
Whats it to you what we in Denmark, have on the news?
Because they don’t want to talk about “chat control”.
Jeg blev forarget over at se Dr ttansmiterede direkte fra mindehøjtideligheden. Er det ikke at bidrage til, at give ham matyrstatus? Det kan selvfølgelig også være, at det er en stor ting, fordi det skete på en måde så offentligt, at rigtig mange har set det og er blevet berørt af det. Manden var ikke en cool dude. Det synes jeg i hvert fald ikke. Og jeg synes ikke DR gør ret i at platforme folk, der er nogle deciderede røv huller, som den siddende amerikanske regering objektivt er
Why do they give so much air space to American politics and the British royal family?
Meanwhile elections in other European countries, and Danish municipal politics go without mention despite the fact that these issues might have larger impact on our everyday lives.
I mean, you are looking specifically at the section for DR about stories outside the country in your link… Why do you expect to find something stories about the local stories in the section regarding foreign news?
There’s a reason I no longer follow mainstream news, it’s whack.
American news has always been massive in danish news segments, the americanization from ww2 can’t be understated. This however looks like nothing more than distractions from more important news like you mentioned. Well partly at least, it’s also just getting a lot of traction because it’s big news in America because conservatives have blown it out of proportion and use it as fuel for even more polarization.
Also that bigot got what was coming, he fucked around and found out. He gambled that the “necessary lives taken” to keep the 2nd amendment wouldn’t be his own, so karma just stepped in.
Laziness
They are even fucking showing the live broadcast what the actual fuck DR
What is even more worrying is that tv2 have a f***ing livestream from the event itself
We are downstream of USA. They talk about Kirk, we talk about Kirk.
Because journalists cost money. And if you want to keep spitting out news every 5 minutes without having journalists, you have to rely on the main news bureaus like Reuter and AP. So when Reuter and AP talk about whatshisface and don’t mention chat control, neither do the Danish news outlets.
Fordi fascisterne har vundet.
My parents learned his name this week, and after spending a bit of time figuring out who he was, pretty much concluded that the world was probably a better place without him, I told them he was part of the “delegation” visiting Greenland, trying to bribe people – after hearing their initial conclusion, and they got kinda angry he got so much exposure in the Danish media, they’re both in their 70s, I hope most of their generation has the same reaction.
Fordi de fleste folk enten er bedøvende ligeglade med, at de kommer til at blive overvåget mere, eller også er de rent faktisk tilhængere af det.
Vi skal jo gøre alt for at fange de pædofile, og den danske stat kan jo umuligt have onde intentioner.
Because the modern society requires active engagement in democracy, which we share a collective responsibility to uphold.