Discussion
After spending quite a bit of the past couple of weeks chatting with friends and family, asking them what they're taking from the news, I think it's clear most of our news media is substantially downplaying the economic effects of the Hormuz straight crisis
What I can't figure out is whether it's intentional or not. I know it's unintentional in Icelandic media as they simply no longer have the resources or expertise to properly outline what's happening, but I can't figure out UK or US media
@baldur Well, does your government plan on ending renewable subsidies and building out *more* fossil fuel infrastructure? With the media *not* pointing out the sheer insanity of such a course? Because that's where we're at here in good ol' Germany. 😬🫠
@baldur For what it's worth: same story in Belgium.
@baldur if you read the guardian and scroll down far enough there is this
But mostly they are following the script from Don't Look Up
@baldur here in Denmark the media is not downplaying the effect I would say. We get news about higher prices once in a while and usually the Hormuz fiasco gets mentioned. We're not bombarded by this though.
@baldur I assume it is intentional. People can nothing do about it, the effect will come sooner or later. On an individual level it would make sense to stock pile necessities NOW and in bulk.
But if this would commonly spread news thing would get even worse. Slowly and ignorantly approaching the effects is the better way for the people.
On a side note: News are only good if they result in a choice and an action. Most news is entertainment.
There are maybe five reporters in Iceland who could do a good job of covering this and most of them aren't working at the moment because of burnout
UK/US media should, in theory, have access to the expertise but we aren't seeing much actual analysis outside of specialised outlets, industry-specific newsletters, and freelancers.
The non-captured media should be very much able to go deep on this, but none of them seem to be doing so and I'm not sure why. Are the just so degraded by cutbacks?
I can't think of any non-captured media in the US with the resources/expertise to cover this.
I think the only sensible breakdown I have seen was done by Patrick Boyle on YouTube.
