I have nothing against public service television, as a matter of fact I support it, unlike those neoliberals. I made a political test yesterday and was branded "social democrat". Not a Swedish test obviously, but then a Swedish social democrat would have been branded "communist".

Anyway, there are five reasons I refuse to pay my television license.

[...]

   3. All the people in charge of the public service television are socialist politicians or sympatisers. The head honcho is former social democrat party secretary Lars Stjernkvist. I am not kidding.

   4. All the journalists are commies, more or less. Combine this with #3 and you get a public service as "fair and balanced" as Fox News.

   5. In spite of this they spend vast amounts of taxpayer money to make PR about themselves being "Free television" free from any outside power, airing clips with the guy and the tanks on Tiananmen Square and such. It's absolutely sickening.

This evenings tv-programs quoted from the state television web page.

20.00     
Theme: Fidel Castro

The 2 December Cuba has a double celebration: Fidel Castro's delayed 80th anniversary and the 50th anniversay of the revolution. Fidel Castro has been at power since 1959. Rumors about his health has started specualtions about what will happen with Cuba when he dies. Who is whe, the man who has survived against all odds and seen 10 American presidents enter and leave?

Guest: Anja Karlsson Franck, debater, René René Vázquez Díaz, writer and Dick Idestam-Almquist, tv-producer. [all known Castro lovers and democracy haters]

20.01    
History will judge me innocent

[...]

21.00
-21.15    
News

21.30    
Fidel Castro and Cuba

[More commie-commentary]

21.35    
Comandante

[Oliver Stone interviews his idol Fidel Castro]

23.10 - 00.10    
Dear Fidel

"Fidel ruined my life, but it was wonderful".

[...]

Now, hoe does this sound?

20.00     
Theme: Saddam Hussein

The 2 December Iraq has a double celebration: Saddam Hussein's delayed 80th anniversary and the 50th anniversay of the revolution. Saddam Hussein has been at power since 1959. Rumors about his health has started specualtions about what will happen with Iraq when he dies. Who is whe, the man who has survived against all odds and seen 10 American presidents enter and leave?

Guest: Anja Karlsson Franck, debater, René René Vázquez Díaz, writer and Dick Idestam-Almquist, tv-producer. [all known Saddam lovers and democracy haters]

20.01    
History will judge me innocent

[...]

21.00
-21.15    
News

21.30    
Saddam Hussein and Iraq

[More fascist-commentary]

21.35    
Comandante

[Oliver Stone interviews his idol Saddam Hussein]

23.10 - 00.10    
Dear Saddam

"Saddam ruined my life, but it was wonderful".

[...]

Replace with Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet or your favourite dictator.

This has of course thrown all the rightwing papers into a furor. When the state (commie) radio reported about it, through out the show they called Castro "Cuba's leader" or at worst "Cuba's controversial leader". The word "dictator" was not mentioned once, and I don't think it was out of respect for Julius Caesar.

Saddam Hussein, Iraq's controversial leader?

Welcome to Sweden. Maybe now you see why I don't pay my TV-license?

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