The FU action was terrible, but why not cover the action today in front of the Bundestag? It was calm, peaceful, and organized with support from Amnesty International
Hey Jiji -- We summarize reports in Berlin newspapers because we don't have the manpower or financing to cover Berlin as an actual paper. I hadn't seen any reports on the protest today when I did the newsletter or I might have included it. Thanks for writing!
WTF kicking in doors? were these people actually from FU, or like the "Crimeans" that tried to take over the government in 2014 but actually rushed the library?
The WhatsApp group chat I'm on for my kids school has every message start with Liebe Eltern and ends with a name and LG. Your name is literally right there next to the message, stop it.
If you learn German from Goethe Institute you will learn how essential it is to do this in return to every German you write. It's such a relief when I can reply to someone British or American...
Your coverage of the pro-Palestine events in Berlin has been so far good, which makes me so curious about why suddenly you started believing German media. And btw, the symbol you refer to as a pro-Hamas symbol is not a pro-Hamas symbol. I am concerned German journalism skills are taking over.
We don't always get things right. I intentionally didn't link to the Tagesspiegel article that broke the story because I'm tired of their biased reporting (calling all pro-Palestinian protestors "anti-Israel" by default). In the future I will just say "inverted red triangle" and let the reader decide. It's better to just talk with us than make accusations like "German journalism skills".
I do think the slant in this text this time is strange because you took and rewrote the words from the original source. I'd rather you just don't cover ANY of this because it's irrelevant to most readers and German media is only reporting on it to fan the flames and keep people riled up - which is NOT what 20% is about. Hopefully.
Agreed. This newsletter has two very odd issues - about labeling the protests as "pro-Hamas" instead of "pro-Palestine" (as the original source correctly stated) and this DW article about the Lufthansa flight is totally bogus because it was in 2022 and it was about the group not wearing masks, it had nothing to do with them being Jewish but OF COURSE the German media made it about that. Nonsense.
The Lufthansa Item was interesting because that's not what they were fined for. They were fined because they treated all of the Orthodox as one Covidiot group when in fact there were several groups, not all Covidiots.
Which is interesting and something I would argue about but I just don't care. I think they're using the current political climate to make money off of something that happened way back in 2022 before any of what is going on now and DW fell for it because of course they did.
There is no bias. We just summarize what the paper we quote said. I started with Tagesspiegel, who has a bias, got annoyed at their bias, and switched to RBB but left the interpretation of the triangle from Tagesspiegel. I'll just say red triangle from now on.
A representative from the protest, lol. And I was speaking more broadly. If you cover a protest, and the entire interpretation for that protest comes from (biased) media, the police, and government officials, you kind of miss the most important perspective, no?
See if you can identify the problem in the following:
Young hooligans threw a can of soup at a painting today. The police said, "what a terrible thing". Museum officials said, "what a terrible thing". The painting is said to cost millions of dollars.
Card payments are improving, at least in my area (near Frankfurt) I generally use my phone for about 95% of my transactions outside of some obviously cash places like markets and such.
I would believe that 1/5 people might not purchase from a cash only retailer.
Depending on circumstances though, it's better to let that person go.
The problem is that if the retailer introduces digital payment to capture those 1/5 customers who walk away, it will then allow customers who were previously paying with cash to then pay with card, and then suddenly the retailer is paying 1.5% card processing fees on 50% of its customers, which it wasn't before.
For small retailers with low margins, it's a bad deal. Either stay cash only, or have minimum transaction fees to keep as many customers using cash as possible.
The FU action was terrible, but why not cover the action today in front of the Bundestag? It was calm, peaceful, and organized with support from Amnesty International
Hey Jiji -- We summarize reports in Berlin newspapers because we don't have the manpower or financing to cover Berlin as an actual paper. I hadn't seen any reports on the protest today when I did the newsletter or I might have included it. Thanks for writing!
WTF kicking in doors? were these people actually from FU, or like the "Crimeans" that tried to take over the government in 2014 but actually rushed the library?
It seemed a bit excessive, yes.
The WhatsApp group chat I'm on for my kids school has every message start with Liebe Eltern and ends with a name and LG. Your name is literally right there next to the message, stop it.
If you learn German from Goethe Institute you will learn how essential it is to do this in return to every German you write. It's such a relief when I can reply to someone British or American...
Your coverage of the pro-Palestine events in Berlin has been so far good, which makes me so curious about why suddenly you started believing German media. And btw, the symbol you refer to as a pro-Hamas symbol is not a pro-Hamas symbol. I am concerned German journalism skills are taking over.
We don't always get things right. I intentionally didn't link to the Tagesspiegel article that broke the story because I'm tired of their biased reporting (calling all pro-Palestinian protestors "anti-Israel" by default). In the future I will just say "inverted red triangle" and let the reader decide. It's better to just talk with us than make accusations like "German journalism skills".
I do think the slant in this text this time is strange because you took and rewrote the words from the original source. I'd rather you just don't cover ANY of this because it's irrelevant to most readers and German media is only reporting on it to fan the flames and keep people riled up - which is NOT what 20% is about. Hopefully.
Agreed. This newsletter has two very odd issues - about labeling the protests as "pro-Hamas" instead of "pro-Palestine" (as the original source correctly stated) and this DW article about the Lufthansa flight is totally bogus because it was in 2022 and it was about the group not wearing masks, it had nothing to do with them being Jewish but OF COURSE the German media made it about that. Nonsense.
The Lufthansa Item was interesting because that's not what they were fined for. They were fined because they treated all of the Orthodox as one Covidiot group when in fact there were several groups, not all Covidiots.
Which is interesting and something I would argue about but I just don't care. I think they're using the current political climate to make money off of something that happened way back in 2022 before any of what is going on now and DW fell for it because of course they did.
A tip: a fair way to cover the FU action would've been to also explain why they did that or quote a representative. Otherwise, the bias is too visible
There is no bias. We just summarize what the paper we quote said. I started with Tagesspiegel, who has a bias, got annoyed at their bias, and switched to RBB but left the interpretation of the triangle from Tagesspiegel. I'll just say red triangle from now on.
Also: I literally quoted an official.
A representative from the protest, lol. And I was speaking more broadly. If you cover a protest, and the entire interpretation for that protest comes from (biased) media, the police, and government officials, you kind of miss the most important perspective, no?
See if you can identify the problem in the following:
Young hooligans threw a can of soup at a painting today. The police said, "what a terrible thing". Museum officials said, "what a terrible thing". The painting is said to cost millions of dollars.
Card payments are improving, at least in my area (near Frankfurt) I generally use my phone for about 95% of my transactions outside of some obviously cash places like markets and such.
And like with the US election, I am actively trying to avoid reading or hearing about the war - with moderate success
I would believe that 1/5 people might not purchase from a cash only retailer.
Depending on circumstances though, it's better to let that person go.
The problem is that if the retailer introduces digital payment to capture those 1/5 customers who walk away, it will then allow customers who were previously paying with cash to then pay with card, and then suddenly the retailer is paying 1.5% card processing fees on 50% of its customers, which it wasn't before.
For small retailers with low margins, it's a bad deal. Either stay cash only, or have minimum transaction fees to keep as many customers using cash as possible.