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RE: Elections in Austria, first result (+/- 2%), protest party FPÖ won 1st place, former gov lost dramatically, Greens only single-digit

in LeoFinance2 months ago

By and large, I commented on several comments, aside from my original comment about the results where I come from.
What puzzles me is the lack of political knowledge displayed by some, here and in other social networks. Democracy depends on how well the people are informed in order to cast a informed vote. In this regard, the media, (and some call it the 'system media') has deliberatedly skewed the reporting from actually reporting the news to writing opinion, which has no place in serious news reportage. This came particularly to the fore since the start of Corona. Lies and misinformation was on the agenda of all the major media, particularly those that depended on government subventions. Once upon a time there used to be a separate 'Opinion' section in the newspapers, now those 'opinions' populate the front page headlines!

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true, voting is only one (rather small and seldom) part of democracy, the more important one is opinion making, shaping via mass media and lobbying by oligarchs, companies and billionaires.