Bad news from the Netherlands

The blog badnewsfromthenetherlands is an initiative of a strategic consultant from Israel to show that negative media coverage really can harm a country’s image.

A blog with only bad news from the Netherlands. Since Curious Orange is devoted to bringing you the updates on this country and its people, one of our colleagues thought this website would be right up our alley. And it was.

As it turns out, the brains behind the website belong to Dr Manfred Gerstenfeld. He is currently working on a book about the Netherlands as part of his research on anti-semitism and anti-Israelism, and, during his research, he was struck by the negative portrayal of Israel by the media.

The blog gets its daily ‘bad news’ updates from Dutch newspapers like NRC Handelsblad, Trouw and De Volkskrant. Gerstenfeld only chooses the articles about negative situations in the Netherlands. They might look like normal news to Dutch citizens, but for someone who doesn’t know anything about the country, it certainly doesn’t give the most positive view of the Netherlands.

Read full article: Radio Netherlands, 9 February 2008