According to both YLE’s internet and morning news broadcasts:
Nightly rioting in Malmo, southern Sweden calmed down a little early Friday. Government reports indicate that no one has been hurt in the recent confrontations.
A group of youths rioted and did vandalism in Malmo for the second night in a row. About a hundred young people threw stones at cars and buses, and started small fires in the Rosengard area.
The police spokeswoman Ewa-Gun Westford Rosengard described the situation at four in the morning as a battlefield, but said that the police had reached the scene.
During the night there were a hundred policemen at the scene, but they couldn’t get the situation under control. As a result, among other things, rescue workers left small fires burning during the night.
Youths also threw stones at policemen. Last night police arrested about 20 youths which were involved in vandalism. The riots began when police emptied the so called ‘mosque basement’ youths had taken over.
The mosque was closed last month, but a group of youths had occupied space on several occasions. The leasing company closed the building because according to the company, it wasn’t being used for the purpose notified by the tenant.
I suspect Finnish readers are smarter than the hypothetical casual reader – at least that has been my experience when visiting Finland.
The media have a fundamental ethical obligation to present the facts truthfully.
Without the guarantee that facts are being reported accurately and without prejudice, the media are betraying the public.
A fact has clear objective status. It is uncompromisingly persistent, demands acknowledgment, and can turn quite nasty if it continues to be ignored.
This is what is happening throughout the western world.
The more the facts are ignored, the worse things will get – simply because the steps that need to be taken are not taken
The kind of rational debate that needs to proceed is impossible unless the facts are made known.
Its not rocket science.