> I can't tell if you're being serious about American news only reporting things that make America look good
I'm being serious.
Other countries I've lived in spend a lot of time in their media comparing their own country to other countries that are doing very well, or are doing something better than them, such that they can learn from that and make their own situation or system better.
When you only compare America to countries doing much worse, you never get that.
The American sentiment of "we are the best" has been seriously harmful in the last ~20 years because it means there is no drive to improve anything. In fact, I notice it's very "un-American" to even suggest changing/improving things.
Hypothetically, even if a given country were the best at something, that's not a reason not to improve it.
I'm being serious.
Other countries I've lived in spend a lot of time in their media comparing their own country to other countries that are doing very well, or are doing something better than them, such that they can learn from that and make their own situation or system better.
When you only compare America to countries doing much worse, you never get that.
The American sentiment of "we are the best" has been seriously harmful in the last ~20 years because it means there is no drive to improve anything. In fact, I notice it's very "un-American" to even suggest changing/improving things.
Hypothetically, even if a given country were the best at something, that's not a reason not to improve it.