Monday, February 23, 2015

Merijn Knibbe — The largest ‘Bild’ lie ever? Factchecking Bild-zeitung

“We wanted to make sure that the … money for Greek bank recapitalisation is for that purpose, not for recapitalisation of the government,” Dijsselbloem said. 
Bild-Zeitung, the largest newspaper of Europe, owned by Axel-Springer press, tells its readers that the money used to bail out Greece is used ‘for instance’ to pay pensioners and teachers. It does not tell its readers that by far the larger part of it is used to bail out creditors and refinance debts…
Real-World Economics Review Blog
The largest ‘Bild’ lie ever? Factchecking Bild-zeitung
Merijn Knibbe

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