Media watchdog completes research into, among other things, Ongehoord Nederland in 2023 | Media
The investigation by the Media Authority (CvdM), which includes the racism item of Ongehoord Nederland, is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2023. AP know.
By our news editorsThe CvdM responds to the call from the NPO and the broadcasters to respond as quickly as possible to the question of Ongehoord Nederland violated the Media Act.
It concerns an already announced investigation into the reliability of journalistic productions. Until the investigation is completed, the Media Authority will not make any announcements about the following.
The racism item in Unheard of News, which grew out of public debate, grew out of a collection of videos in which black people attacked white people. No context was given on the grounds that it was incidents with a racist motive. But according to research by journalistic platform Pointer there is no evidence of a racist motive in any of the incidents.
The NPO said last week after the Unheard of News-broadcast that “the limit of r result has been reached” and asked the media watchdog for a verdict on the item. NPO made the request “in light of article 2.88 paragraph 5 of the Media Act: a public media institution takes appropriate measures to prevent the offer of its media services from inciting violence of hatred against a group or member of a group”.
Assessing those appropriate measures is a task of the Commissioner’s Office, the media watchdog said in a statement. “But the assessment of whether or not there is hate speech is part of the criminal law and not a task for the public prosecutor. There is a role for the Public Prosecution Service,” explains the supervisor. “We do not assess the content of programmes. We do assess the processes and measures taken by broadcasters.”