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A simple appeal: Close the state propaganda fund

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • Berlingske’s editorial argues that Danish development aid should not fund programs intended to shape children’s political views.
  • The editorial says Social Democrat Thomas Skriver Jensen defended the spending as “awareness work” needed to protect Denmark’s commitment to development aid.
  • Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has accused Berlingske of running a biased series about an information fund under the Foreign Ministry.

Close the state propaganda fund. That is Berlingske’s blunt appeal in an editorial attacking the use of Danish development aid to influence children’s political outlook.

The editorial says the funding encourages Danish children to think in “critical,” anti-capitalist and pro-Palestinian ways. Although the activity is called education, Berlingske describes it as political indoctrination.

There are parties that actively work against Denmark maintaining its development aid.

· Thomas Skriver JensenThe Social Democrat’s stated defense of using aid money for awareness work.

The paper points to comments by Social Democrat Thomas Skriver Jensen, who recently defended using Danish aid for “awareness work.” His stated logic, according to the editorial, was that Denmark must do so because “there are parties that actively work against Denmark maintaining its development aid.”

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has criticized Berlingske’s coverage, calling it a “biased” series by “that school-newspaper journalistic media, Berlingske Tidende.” The editorial presents his remarks alongside its broader demand that the fund be shut down.

That school-newspaper journalistic media, Berlingske Tidende

· Lars Løkke RasmussenThe foreign minister’s criticism of Berlingske’s series about the information fund.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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