Unreliable reporting across the pond

The article Europe Commits Suicide-by-Sanctions by Ron Paul (Antiwar.com) contains a perfect example of the quality of reporting you get when someone reports on a country they know little about.

“According to the Swiss newspaper Blick, those who violate the 66 degree heating limit could face as many as three years in prison!”

The Blick is about as reliable as The New York Post: sometimes, but not nearly always. There is no prison sentence for heating your apartment.

He gets all wound up:

“Prison time for heating your home? In the “free” world? How is it possible in 2022, when Switzerland and the rest of the political west have achieved the greatest economic success in history, that the European continent faces a winter like something out of the dark ages?”

And we’re off to the races.

I can’t wait for my father-in-law to ask me about how many sweaters I’m wearing at home to avoid going to prison.