<![CDATA[For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA".]]>For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA".

Just for context. Petrol in the USA is currently just a bit over one euro per liter.

Our glaciers are melting.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ebfdfa4d-b0e5-45b7-b495-298ce5481886/for-some-god-awfully-dumb-sycophantic-reason-both-danish-and-dutch-news-today-report-on-the-extremely-high-gas-prizes-in-the-usa-.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 06:55:14 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 06:28:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:11:47 GMT]]>@Pepijn um, what?! 🙄😮😭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cazmockett/statuses/116328202728917791https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cazmockett/statuses/116328202728917791Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:09:27 GMT]]>@juliette points out this suggest they don't actually have editors doing even basic fact checking. Nor have a "vague awareness of the world".

Context:

-the Proclaimers promised to walk over 805 kilometers and then the same distance again. Did they ever do so? Da-da dum diddy dum diddy dum diddy da da da

-downing a gallon of milk will make you puke, downing a liter of milk might make you puke. Stomach size thingy.

Journalism 101 really.

Also our glaciers are melting.

https://mastodon.green/@juliette/116328101662465007

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116328193532699748https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116328193532699748Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:09:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:06:40 GMT]]>@Pepijn The news media are owned by the class, the kleptocrats profit from our glaciers melting.

Absolutely nothing surprising here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116328182643973545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/simon_brooke/statuses/116328182643973545Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:06:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:57:28 GMT]]>@Pepijn 😳

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/HenkvanderEijk/statuses/116328146460151637https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/HenkvanderEijk/statuses/116328146460151637Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:57:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:57:15 GMT]]>@Pepijn
Addendum, our social media officer didn't realize a mile is not the same as a kilometer, so their calculations may have been off. /S

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116328145596701005https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116328145596701005Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:57:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:55:43 GMT]]>@Pepijn
Well, their cars run about three times less efficient, so per kilometer they pay about as much as we; so fair. /S

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116328139573971505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116328139573971505Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:55:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA". on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:53:47 GMT]]>I contacted both outlets btw. Just got a reply from the Dutch one. This might infuriate you:

...

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here it comes.

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here:

"Our journalist did not realise a gallon is not equivalent to a liter. Instead of editing the article we have fully removed it and will work the relevant content in another article."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116328131935812854https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116328131935812854Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:53:47 GMT