Although I will update this particular entry with more details later, there were several highly interesting things I learned about the Jyllands-Posten. For example, it was founded to provide Danes in Jutland with a source of news and business information not focused on Kobenhavn only. Also, it was founded--and continues to exhibit--markedly conservative tendencies especially in its editorial page outlook. But, at the same time, it is also a newspaper that prides itself on rigurous, objective reporting and, in fact, none of their reporters are allowed to belong to any political party in order to insure against political bias. Quite interesting.
I also learned that it is run by a private foundation--for which I did not get a name--and that the newspaper is owned by a larger holding company that, interestingly, also owns the more left-wing Politiken. The word that comes to mind to dexcribe this interesting and laudable state of Danish affairs is reasonable. Everything is so reasonable. I think people have a lot to learn from the Danish people.Here are a couple more photos from this morning's tour:
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