OMG - please tell me it is not true

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I see it all the time. Something comes up as a topic in the US - be it some candidate, or some point of debate. People in Germany have NO opinion on it. Because they haven't even heard of it yet, and with most their English comprehension is so limited that they wouldn't even understand CNNi's broadcasting. Not that they would even bother to recieve oversea broadcasting. After all, our media is the most trustworthy in the world and US media is just propaganda. Comes a week, and Spiegel or some other rag belatedly comes up with a "report" or editorial on the issue or candidate. Then, all of a sudden, EVERYBODY knows about it. And, strange enough, they all have the same opinion that was expressed in the article they've read. You can place bets on it - works everytime. That's some enlighted opinion building right there.