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On June 1st, here in Denmark we had the "Referendum on Denmark's participation in the European cooperation on security and defense by abolishing the EU defense opt-out."
Essentially, back when Denmark joined the EU, we had a number of exceptions included in our membership, one of which was that we would not participate in the EU's shared security and defense activity. But now, because of what is happening in Ukraine (as well as other issues over the past decade), well... that exception has been questioned.
But I'm not going to talk about this specific election, nor the outcome. This is not a political newsletter, but a media newsletter. What I will talk about though is how I noticed a problem with the way it was being covered.
As a media analyst, I saw two very different types of coverage. One was extremely useful and helpful, whereas the other type was confusing and was actually harming the public's ability to choose what to vote for.
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