This article from 20 Minutes is a striking example of elitist bias masquerading as journalism. By claiming that the Eurovision results are “distorted” by so-called “community voting,” the article essentially argues that the public can’t be trusted to vote, unless they vote the “right” way.

It’s an absurd and undemocratic position: the whole point of Eurovision is to let the public express their preferences, even if those preferences don’t align with the tastes or ideologies of the media, which, let’s be honest, lean overwhelmingly left.

Calling public votes a “bias” is nothing more than thinly veiled contempt for democratic expression. It’s the same logic we’ve seen in politics: when ordinary people vote in ways that the establishment dislikes, their choices are dismissed as ignorant, emotional, or manipulated, rather than valid and reflective of real sentiment.

This article isn’t reporting, it’s scolding. And it’s a reminder that some in the media only support democracy when it gives them the result they want.

by Royce911

10 comments

  1. I dont care.

    In no universe, israel who was at no point in the race, magically got all those points, and mind you they kept gettin booed left and right.

    F**k them.

  2. First it seems that Israel run a massive marketing campaign for voting for them and and sec if 10% vote for Israel like die hard fans and the rest 90% splits up between the other 24 countries of course they get the 12 points

  3. How the fuck did ireland give them 12 points? Snap out of it.

    Or Spain for that matter after they denounced Israel on TV.

  5. >This article from 20 Minutes is a striking example of elitist bias

    *Elitist* bias?

    Dude… the “journalists” at 20min are underachievers who can barely read and write 😉

  6. > This article from 20 Minutes is a striking example of elitist bias masquerading as journalism.

    Imagine doing a serious post about a 20min article ?

  7. You do realise that it’s extremely obvious that Israel had a massive marketing campaign that gave them all those votes right? It’s not that the public can’t be trusted to vote, it’s that one country that isn’t even in Europe constantly tries to rig the results since unlike real elections, the rules for televoting are much more lax.

  8. It was bot farming, Morrocanoil, massive advertisement on every social media. Literally all countries in the west gave her 12 points with that mid, copy paste track from last year. That was not the expression of the public, otherwise the west just supports Israel which leans towards the far right, not left. The Eurovision votes could be easily manipulates with the system that they have. They could try to do more but that would lead to less profits.

  9. >By claiming that the Eurovision results are “distorted” by so-called “community voting,” the article essentially argues that the public can’t be trusted to vote, unless they vote the “right” way.

    You mean like in politics, where if anyone votes right of center, or even far right, journalists claim they HAVE to be putin’s chills?

  10. It’s just how the voting works. If you vote politically, you can only vote FOR a country, not against. Hence all the pro-Israeli votes go to Israel, while the anti-Israel votes get distributed between all the other entries.

    It’s just maths… the “controversial” country will always do well.

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