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2004-07-15 Europe

Belgium's right builds up strength, Right gets screwed.

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Posted by FlameBait93268 2004-07-15 06:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The press belittles them and "government" doesn't want to all them to participate. Sounds like they have already won.

Posted by FlameBait93268 2004-07-15 9:39:59 AM|| 2004-07-15 9:39:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The editor of the Flemish centre-right Standaard newspaper, Peter Vandermeersch, sent an open letter to his colleagues after the elections on how to best deal with the Blok.

In it, he comments on the sociological profile of newsrooms; most journalists are university-educated, tend to be left-wing and usually live in problem-free areas, and are out of touch with difficult areas, he says.

Sounds like journalists all over the world, particularly at the NYT, LA Times and WaPo. And we wonder why the coverage we get is so slanted.

Posted by Steve White 2004-07-15 11:12:41 AM|| 2004-07-15 11:12:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting. How do you get from

a plan for immigrants "who display 'criminal behaviour' and those who are in the country illegally to be sent back to their country of origin; to make it harder for immigrants to obtain Belgian nationality; and for those in Belgium 'to adapt and respect our laws'...and thinking 'people should learn the language and should be prepared to take an oath for their children to become Flemish or European people'"

to the accusation of racism? More sloppy thinking.

I'm glad to see that Belgium is at least willing to upset the PC crowd by speaking the "unspeakable" truth and confronting a national problem directly.

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-15 12:12:30 PM|| 2004-07-15 12:12:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You get there because to the LLL expecting immigrants to try to adapt and learn your language is racist.

I bet the "hard right" here in this article is actually center or slightly left of center in the US. Which makes the press even more out of touch.

Posted by FlameBait93268 2004-07-15 1:43:37 PM|| 2004-07-15 1:43:37 PM|| Front Page Top

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