ANP extension
ANNOUNCEMENTS•
The broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland (ON!) is systematically obligated to report to the Dutch public broadcaster (NPO). From now on, the broadcaster has to report to the NPO every two months on how the broadcaster has implemented the recommendations made by the NPO ombudsman in its June report, reports the ANP news agency.
The ANP writes that ON! must first inform the ONP by 31 December how the issuer has implemented the recommendations of the Ombudsman.
UP! it has been a topic of conversation since the first broadcast. Hundreds of complaints about the broadcasts have been received by the NPO Ombudsman. He has twice concluded after an investigation that the station does not respect the journalistic code of the NPO and disseminates information which is patently wrong and. The broadcaster also declined to correct the erroneous reporting.
Improvement plan
UP! works on an improvement plan after the Ombudsman’s first report. For example, broadcasts must be evaluated, presenters receive training and coaching, and there will be performance interviews with editors and presenters. The broadcaster has also hired a fact checker and an improvement section has been added to the website.
An NPO spokesperson informs the ANP that Ongehoord Nederland has not yet submitted a report on the results of this improvement plan. UP! obtained permission to make seventy episodes of the program again Unheard of newson condition that the issuer adheres to the agreements with the ONLUS.
Random images
The requirements have been disclosed by the non-profit organization to ON! before the Ombudsman wrote the second inquiry report. This was due to a controversial transmission of the current affairs programme Unheard of news on September 15, 2022.
In it, ON! random footage of black people beating up white people. Presenter Raisa Blommestijn used the word she said “that this type of video is widely shared on the Internet”.
The NPO will respond to this second report no earlier than the second week of January.
