NPO director Frans Klein is temporarily stepping down from his post pending the outcome of the investigation into the abuses The world goes on. The NPO announced this in a statement on Tuesday. Klein does this to prevent a discussion of the independence of research.
The ONLUS announced earlier this week to launch an independent, external investigation into workplace conditions The world goes on (DDD). This is a response to the behind the scenes abuse that de Volkskrant revealed last Saturday. State Secretary Uslu for Media Affairs has requested this investigation.
“The independent investigation must be about what exactly happened behind the scenes of DDD“, writes the non-profit organization. “Part of the investigation is also what was done with the signals to the managers.” According to the non-profit organization, that part of the investigation concerns all those involved and the managers of the time DDD and BNNVARA, so too for Klein, who was closely involved with the taping of the talk show as media director at the time. He is currently Director of Video at the NPO.
In the article de Volkskrant Klein has already responded to abuse DDD. Klein told the newspaper he was unaware of presenter Matthijs van Nieuwkerk’s transgressive behavior. He acknowledged that some of Van Nieuwkerk’s statements went too far, but said it was also “the culture of the work.” “Maybe we thought violent behavior was normal in many places in the media world. I’m not proud of it, I don’t like it, but that work culture was so tough in many places in Hilversum.”
The NPO head says he has spoken to Van Nieuwkerk several times about his behavior. “If things didn’t go well in terms of content. Or if the signal was: the editorial team is really having a hard time. So I said: Matthijs, you have to take care of your editorial team too. if I had the idea of being able to change substantially? So the answer is: no.”
Later this week, the NPO will inform Secretary of State Uslu exactly how the investigation will proceed. The NPO is looking to complete the research by the end of the first quarter of 2023. An action plan with concrete steps also needs to be drawn up.
Van Nieuwkerk already decided on Monday to partner with BNNVARA stop as a result of Volkskrant’s story. “I have noticed that there are many emotions fighting for priority: shame at the fear that the publishers felt, regret that they had – quite literally – blind ambition and therefore crossed boundaries, sadness at that The world goes onafter all, my life’s work is reeling,” Van Nieuwkerk said.
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