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“Biased and Bordering on Dishonest”: Pelle Dragsted Attacks Berlingske and Economists

From Berlingske · () Danish

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

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Pelle Dragsted, Enhedslisten’s political spokesperson, accused Berlingske of biased and dishonest coverage of plans to lower value-added tax.
  • He dismissed leading economists as detached from reality during an interview about the party’s proposal.
  • Dragsted acknowledged that he could have expressed himself more clearly about punishing supermarkets that fail to comply.

Pelle Dragsted began his interview with Berlingske by attacking the newspaper itself, before discussing how Enhedslisten wants to pressure supermarkets to lower prices.

The party’s political spokesperson accused Berlingske of coverage that was “dishonest” and bordering on dishonesty in its reporting on plans to reduce value-added tax. He also dismissed the country’s leading economists as detached from reality.

Dragsted nevertheless acknowledged that he could have expressed himself more clearly about the proposal to punish supermarkets that do not comply. The exchange took place in his office at Provianthuset at Christiansborg.

dishonest

· Pelle DragstedDragsted used the term to criticize Berlingske’s coverage of plans to lower value-added tax.
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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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