Maybe it isn’t just the teachers in Finland

[Igel]

8. If he said 20 different things, that's the one that would be reported on.

It's the thing we want to hear. Need to hear. Hope to hear. Desire to hear. Expect to hear.

Most other things are translated to "blah-blah."

Rather like the Farside cartoon.

What you say: "Okay, Ginger, I've had it, stay out of the trash."
What the dog hears: "Blah Ginger blah blah blah blah blah blah blah".

Sahlbert says all sorts of things. What American reporters mostly hear is "blah blah blah poverty blah blah blah."