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rtj's avatar

I'm not impressed by the English papers in terms of finding out what's really going on here. They see us through their own filter which is very distorted. As bad as our papers are, theirs are worse for that. I read their papers to see what's going on over there.

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Susan Russell's avatar

Distorted by what? This story is one of many that ever saw the light of day in the U.S. press

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woke-wars-at-new-yorks-elite-schools-fees-50-000-z8pr36cs6?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8fd7cf60-d9ef-4bcf-9651-5365bcb51c75k

I can no longer tolerate U.S. "news." I guess I'm pretending I don't live here.

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Stxbuck's avatar

NY Post had stuff out that school

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rtj's avatar

Sure it did. NYT, The Atlantic, Bari Weiss, etc.

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Susan Russell's avatar

Which story are you referring to? Other than Bari Weiss?

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Susan Russell's avatar

The "whiteness" manifesto by the headmaster of Riverdale Country Day was not in the Times or the Atlantic. Bari featured it, or FAIR, forget which.

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rtj's avatar

Honestly, it's not a subject of interest to me. I only know what i stumbled on.

But what the British press distorts is that they only seem to see the macro picture here. Which is a lot different than actually living here. In a federal system, in a particular state. One thing any American knows is what it's like to live here. What the job market is, what the wages are, what housing costs, what healthcare costs, what schools are like, what you pay for taxes, what you get for them - and particular to the area you live in. There really isn't a substitute for that.

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Susan Russell's avatar

It's my opinion. Of course local news is important-- we're getting so little of it. I agreed with Matt on that score.

Seeing the U.S. from afar has its advantages, especially when U S news has devolved into Party news, and omits so much. The omissions bother me. English news is akin to travel, getting a new take on life at home.

Broadening horizons. When France said that American wokeness was a threat to Western society, that got so little play here. Wonder why.

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rtj's avatar

I'm not even talking about local news, per se. I don't even subscribe to my local paper (Yes, the Globe.) But when we see policies and legislation enacted at the state and federal level, we can translate that down what it means and how that will affect us at whatever our local situation may be. And this in turn affects how we vote. This is totally missing from foreign coverage, because they just don't have that knowledge.

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