I suppose this should be a letter to the editor, but I don't know where to do that, so I shall place it here, on a thread which aims to provide news about Spain and elsewhere to English-speaking immigrants and visitors.
Why, I ask, do articles about important matters in Spain, which affect us all, rarely appear in The Weekly Digest?
What do I mean?
Important stories about Sanchez' stance on Europe, on Russia and the Middle East are not featured. Bad weather; corruption allegations against Sanchez, his wife and several colleagues; restrictions against non-EU citizens - all missing.
Flooding in Valencia [Sky News]
ç
The evidence
In this week's digest, there are four advertisements (Why is that?), and other articles about nice places to visit in Spain, including one from me about tourism, but NO IMPORTANT NEWS!
There was one article about how difficult it's likely to become to enter Spain from a non-EU country, but that's not really news!
[Image courtesy of The Olive Press]
Last week there were also a number of advertisements; some very interesting articles; but NOTHING NEWSWORTHY! An article of mine was featured about Ronda wines, but that's NOT NEWS!
The week before, the only article which might be classed as NEWS, was mine about Storm Amy, which devastated areas of Europe and Spain. I also had a post about tourism: National Geographic Spain No. 306.
So?
Maybe somebody from Eye on Spain would like to explain this failure to keep us abreast of major news.
Whilst most of the other posts on Eye on Spain are interesting, I still question why blatant publicity is featured in The Weekly Digest.
Do they pay for the privilege?
[Image courtesy of Sound Cloud]
Links:
El Valle del Genal - La Serrania de Ronda
Ronda Wines - Are they any good?
Amy causes chaos
National Geographic Spain No. 306
[Front cover courtesy of Tienda RBA]
© The Curmudgeon
Pictures:
Eye on Spain, Paul Whitelock, Sky News, Sound Cloud, The Olive Press, Tienda RBA
Thanks:
Eye on Spàin, National Geographic Spain, Paul Whitelock, Sky News, The Curmudgeon, The Olive Press, The Weekly Digest
Tags:
Amy causes chaos, El Valle del Genal - La Serrania de Ronda, Eye on Spàin, National Geographic Spain No. 306, Paul Whitelock, Ronda Wines - Are they any good?, Sky News, Sound Cloud, The Curmudgeon, The Olive Press, The Weekly Digest, Tienda RBA