BNNVARA management apologized in an email to the more than three hundred people who have participated in the program over the past fifteen years The world brings you I worked. This was confirmed by a spokesman for the broadcaster Villamedia.
Suzanne Kunzeler, director of content, and Lonneke van der Zee, general manager, apologized in an email sent to all employees last week.
BNNVARA reported on Thursday that everyone who worked on the program was invited to talk about their experiences. Former employees can speak to management jointly or individually. “Just what people need,” the spokesman said. The broadcaster does not comment on the reactions this email has elicited, a spokesman said on Monday.
Talk show host Matthijs van Nieuwkerk was discredited in an article by de Volkskrant. In it, former employees spoke about Van Nieuwkerk’s “cross-border” working method and the behind-the-scenes atmosphere. Dozens of people fell ill due to working conditions. Van Nieuwkerk has since stopped working with BNNVARA.
The NPO has a major misconduct investigation DDD and the entire public broadcaster announced. Complaints about television programs are not only investigated, but also about radio stations. The investigation is being conducted by former minister Martin van Rijn, but the exact wording of the commission’s question has not yet been disclosed. All broadcasters said they would cooperate with the investigation.
