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Euronews is publishing op-eds from 🇺🇸lobbyists & pretending they're news articles. It blasts "decoupling fantasies & grandstanding" from those wary of 🇺🇸, and praises VDL's 🇺🇸🇪🇺 surrender deal. It was written by "EU Tech Loop", the blog of a 🇺🇸 lobbying group. But it's labelled as a normal news article

euronews.comUS rights to free speech vs. European rights to set their own rulesEuropeans and Americans talk past each other while rivals watch. The EU can set its own standards, but in an interconnected economy, decoupling fantasies and grandstanding won’t help.

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

22 Feb

"EU Tech Loop" is the blog of Consumer Choice Center Europe, a lobbying organisation that you can learn more about here. They have an agreement with Euronews to publish these 'articles'. Nothing wrong with op-eds or sponsored articles when they're *labelled as such*, but this is deceptive.

tobaccotactics.orgConsumer Choice Center - Tobacco TacticsThe Consumer Choice Center (CCC) is a US lobby organisation based in Washington DC, operating since 2017. CCC has received funding from transnational tobacco companies and has lobbied against the regu...

Dave Keating

@davekeating.substack.com

And you can learn more about what's happened to Europe's broadcaster here. It's a very sad situation.

euractiv.comInside Euronews: How Europe’s broadcaster became an influence network | EuractivConceived as Europe’s answer to CNN, the EU-funded channel has become a platform for authoritarian regimes

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