Budstikka.no - 1 Story

1) Nok var nok (Sindre Øen) 23 January 2007
http://www.budstikka.no/sec_sport/article116123.ece
In this story the Norwegian journalist writes "Mehalko, som fylte 30 år 4. januar, kommer trolig til å fullføre sesongen i det amerikanske seriesystemet." The story writes about Canadian hockey player Brad Mehalko going home to Canada, yet the Norwegian journalist writes about how he will play in the "American system". What about the Canadian system? In Canada there are Canadian leagues, yet he only writes about playing for an American league. How is it that if he comes home to play in a Canadian league in Canada he will be playing in an "American" system? The chances are he will be playing in a Canadian or perhaps an American system, but for the journalist to write he will be playing for an American system is just making an assumption that it's all "American" here in Canada. If he writes the player is coming home to Canada, why can't he write that he will playing in in the Canadian system in Canada, or at least in the Canadian system or American system? Despite the fact he is coming home to Canada, there is no credit or reference given to playing for a Canadian system which dominates in Canada. In e-mailing the journalist what he meant in his comments about the "American series system" that writes int he story, his reply was: "That basically meanes that he will most likely finish the season in USA or Canada, maybe in one of the leages in those two north american countries. Sindre" If that is what he means from his reply, then why just write the Canadian is coming home to playing in the American system? Why give no credit to his nationality or country of Canada? How can a journalist write he is coming home to Canada and not make reference to playing for a Canadian system? If a Norwegian was leaving Canada to go home to Norway and play in a Norwegian league, would a Canadian journalist be correct to write that Norwegian was going home to Norway to play in a "Swedish" or "German" league? After three e-mails the story was finally changed to read: "Mehalko, som fylte 30 år 4. januar, kommer trolig til å fullføre sesongen i USA eller Canada" Why does it take three e-mails to convince a Norwegian journalist to give proper credit to a Canadian coming home to Canada to play in Canada? Why is the Norwegian trend to call everything American when the the leagues in Canada are Canadian?

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