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Swedish journalists call the Swedish Number: Man on the line says media lies & no freedom of speech

Swedish journalists call the Swedish Number: Man on the line says media lies & no freedom of speech

Expressen Löpsedel "NEJ!" rösta ej SDSwedish number hijacked by trolls - and may I say "I told you so"? Because I did tell you so, I told you that the Sweden number got trolled pretty much right out of the gate. Later I compared it to the backfired #CallBrussels number, which much like the Sweden number slowly failed. Yesterday, my opinion-piece "Swedish Number, Expensive PR" was published in Resumé. Despite the otherwise positive coverage in media, and even getting the Swedish Prime Minister involved because he has nothing better to do, the number keeps getting trolled and it just keeps getting worse.
The Swedish ad tradepress Resumé report today that talk show hosts Alex and Sigge called the number, and were greeted by a "Sweden hater".

"... (the) duo called the number that was such as PR success - but the person who answered did everything but spread the good word/advertisement for Sweden. He said instead that the media is controlled by the state and that there is no freedom of expression in the country."

It's really horrible. There's no freedom of speech." Sigge jumps in to retort: -"But the media is free, right?" only to be shut down by the man on the other end : -"No no no, the media will only express the opinions that are politically correct."

Journalist Alex Schulman and novelist Sigge Eklund discuss the idea of a Swedish number afterward: "Is this conversation that you just had with that person, reason enough to shut that entire number down?" they ask "I don't want this person to represent me, ever."
Now the national media is reacting to the troll-ability of this number, the national tabloid Expressen reported the story, and so did Resumé. In both articles the unknown man is dubbed a "Sweden hater" for his statement that he hated Sweden and wanted to leave. Sigge Eklund then agrees with me, and says that the idea with this number is "incredibly naive":

"It is so incredibly naive to think that people who feel proud of Sweden, our refugee policy, or our welfare, would feel compelled to make themselves available around the clock. Our little experiment indicates that it can be politically active people who see their chance to tell us what they see as the truth."

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EDIT: I have changed the headline on this article so that it doesn't get confused with our previous article regarding Sweden trolls

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