Denmark's Answer to Fox News?
It was quite funny when Naser Khader was named Denmark's "Kennedy" (Danish link), but funnier (and more true) is it to label TV2 News as Denmark's answer to the American FOX News.
In Denmark we have three national wide channels; DR1, TV2 and DR2. DR1 and DR2 are public service channels, and thus funded using licenses paid by citizens. TV2 is (while owned partly by the government) a commercial station. However, in order for TV2 to stay on the average amount of viewers they have realised that creating new sister channels like we others get a haircut keeps the average amount of viewers spread out on all their channels.
And while some of these extra channels are quite good (actually only really one of them (TV2 Zulu)), they are mainly just extras. But in December, 2006, we were introduced to an entirely new concept, namely TV2 News, a 24 hour news channel in Danish. This of course had not been seen before in Danish history (and I still sort of believe we are too small a nation for it, but okay).
But like with most of TV2 there is no "stick it to the man" (like my brother (Danish link) would call it). And to clarify just what "stick it to the man" means, it means asking tough questions to politicians and other celebrities. Very few news outlets do that. And why? Cause they apparently have credibility to loose.
Which is most likely why - my good friend - Jon Stewart does it a lot on The Daily Show. Cause since his show is basically a fake news show, he doesn't really have anything to loose, and more importantly, his audience expect him to do it.
Sadly though, there are really none like him in Denmark (except perhaps Reimer Bo (my hero)). But TV2 is an obvious government friendly channel, and their only "really" hard going journalism goes against those on the opposition of the government.
However, Fox News itself is just a manner of blahing about how great the current administration is. And a flock of morons labelling themselves as "journalists" reporting for the conservative right in the US. I am wondering if even the conservatives are a bit tired of it.
So, it would not really be fair to label TV2 News as Denmark's answer to Fox News, but they sure are trying.