Davis Cup in Malmö-The aftermath

As a result of the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup Tie in Malmö being closed to the public by the local authorities, the city is now banned from hosting Davis Cup ties for five years. The Swedish Tennis Federation will also have to pay a fine. Since the closing of the tie to the public was decided by the local authorities, one would have thought that they would have the common courtesy to also fork up the bill, but no dice.

Malmö's strong man, Ilmar Reepalu, of course refuses as he seems bent on embarrassing Malmö even more in the eyes of the civilized world, or maybe it is part a scheme to attract more Islamists to come and settle in the city which already has a 32% Muslim population. He will be OK with that as long as they vote for him.

Saudi childbride not newsworthy in Sweden

CNN reports that a Saudi sharia judge refused to annul the marriage of a Saudi child bride who was married off by her debt ridden father in lieu of payment. As of the 13th of April, 2009 this news article ranked as number 6 among the top reads on CNN International's website. I first read it on the 12th.

Due to it's popularity this piece of news should be something that most news media in Sweden would like to report on, but when you look at the top Swedish news websites you will not find a single word. One can't help but wonder if The Fourth Estate prioritizes religious sensitivities over their actual job. As a Swedish tax payer I help financing traditional media who get subsidies from the government. It is in public interest that we have a diverse press, or so the reasoning goes. A diverse press that is politically correct to a fault it appears.