Has the media exaggerated the situation in Greece?

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What exactly is your problem with what I said? If you didn't see it, how can you comment?

How did you notice that they were starving?

I noticed that they (they being SOME of the inividuals I saw on the streets) were dangerously thin and emaciated at times.
Obviously I'm not talking about the entire population, I was referring to the number of people begging or sleeping on the streets.

Maybe, just maybe, those people you mentioned have been like that waay before the actual situation in Greece occurred?

And, 'some individuals' do not represent the actual situation of a country; it's not statistically valid.

Maybe, just maybe, those people you mentioned have been like that waay before the actual situation in Greece occurred?

And, 'some individuals' do not represent the actual situation of a country; it's not statistically valid.

Maybe, maybe not. But the fact that there were so many of them certainly IS a sign that things aren't very good in the country, whether it is because of recent events or not.

I didn't claim that these individuals represented the whole country. But my time in the mainland certainly highlighted that people are struggling a lot, from everything I saw (not just the people in the streets, as I've mentioned).

Well, from whatever you wrote, it seems you do; this actually proves, in away, the essence of what the OP mentioned.

No, I don't. I'm not saying the entire country is that way, but the area I visited (Athens) WAS in a bad way for a lot of people (although not all). Why does this prove what the OP mentioned? They seemed to say that their visit to an island showed that none of Greece is that bad, which isn't the case. I'm saying that while the islands in particular are much better (I visited some of those too), Athens certainly isn't in a good way.

I was simply pointing out that some of the country seems to be in a worse state than other parts. I pointed out that what I saw certainly doesn't point towards there being a civil war (although I don't know that for sure, obviously), but things were worse in places I visited than on the islands, so you can't judge the whole country just by how the islands are doing.

No, I don't. I'm not saying the entire country is that way, but the area I visited (Athens) WAS in a bad way for a lot of people (although not all). Why does this prove what the OP mentioned? They seemed to say that their visit to an island showed that none of Greece is that bad, which isn't the case. I'm saying that while the islands in particular are much better (I visited some of those too), Athens certainly isn't in a good way.

I was simply pointing out that some of the country seems to be in a worse state than other parts. I pointed out that what I saw certainly doesn't point towards there being a civil war (although I don't know that for sure, obviously), but things were worse in places I visited than on the islands, so you can't judge the whole country just by how the islands are doing.

I didn't judge the whole country on how an island was doing:

'This post is solely based on my observations and opinion. I only saw one island out of many, but many other parts of the country have a similar local economy configuration, so I do not see why the situation should be any different in those other areas.'

And the media is providing an unbalanced picture - you would think the whole country was in a mess from how it has been made out, but that simply isn't true.