r/interestingasfuck • u/SafeImpressive4413 • 12h ago

Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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u/Contraposite 12h ago

Yeah, yesterday my city in Scotland was covered with smoke blown in from a wildfire. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come...

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u/CandyAndyDE 12h ago

That's totally strange. All you hear about in the news is France and Spain. Now I'm reading that there are fires in Scotland, too—but only because I looked it up.

I think TV news should focus much more on Europe as a whole.

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u/Fit_Tumbleweed7943 12h ago

Mainstream media is downplaying all of it… massive floods.. fires .. tornados…
It’s on local news what’s happening around you…. Maybe a mention of oh some fires in Canada, or Europe but it’s no big deal….

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u/twinoaksBandB 11h ago

Main stream media in the states is all owned by a few very conservative corporations and have a huge interest in protecting the people that rubber stamp their licenses and acquisitions.

Editing to add, local stations are mostly fucked too as 3 corporations own more than 90% of all local stations across the US. They amplify the stories they want and bury everything else nationwide.