This afternoon made the NOS known that the cars will no longer be provided with a logo from today The reason for this is the persistent threats that news broadcaster journalists face on a daily basis.
‘Rule of law in danger’
Jesse Klaver of GroenLinks calls on the cabinet to intervene quickly. “It is terrible that journalists are threatened to such an extent that the NOS feels compelled to do so. The increasing polarization is endangering our democracy and the rule of law,” he says.
PvdA MP Attje Kuiken: “This is really bad! Press freedom is like oxygen for democracy.”
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‘Attack on Civilization’
“Stay away from journalists,” says D66 party chairman Rob Jetten. “Journalists control power on behalf of all of us and sometimes bring us the news every day in difficult circumstances. Don’t threaten those people, let them do their job.”
Party leader Gert-Jan Segers of the ChristenUnie speaks of ‘an attack on our civilization’.
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NOS Nieuws editor-in-chief Marcel Gelauff has indicated that certain parties, including Forum for Democracy, feed distrust in journalism.
Thierry Baudet does not feel responsible, according to him it is his job as a politician to express ‘cultural criticism’. “But the idea that that could be translated into threats in the physical sphere is of course terrible, absurd and abject and must be fought with the fiercest of terms,” he told EenVandaag.
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Reaction chief editor RTL Nieuws
“The decision of the NOS may be understandable, but it is sad that it had to be taken. It is completely unacceptable that journalists cannot do their work undisturbed. We have informed the colleagues of the NOS that we are in solidarity.”
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