At nine o’clock this morning, the discussion about “No one loves Bamsegut” started in the Press’s Professional Committee (PFU). The series has been complained to the PFU for violating three different points in the Vær varsom poster. 2.2 About independence and integrity 3.2 About information control and breadth of sources 4.8 About taking children into account news acknowledges in the reply a breach of points 3.2 and 4.8. Dagbladet editor Frode Hansen says he has doubted until now that news has ended up on the right side of the line, and that Strømøy was transparent about his role in the series. – I would like to praise Tore Strømøy for addressing ordinary people’s struggle against the system. – Not right Committee member Nina Fjeldheim agrees with Hansen and believes that the presenter has been clear about his own role throughout. – You can say a lot about Tore Strømøy, but he is very clear about what he does. It is not hidden at all. It does not weaken the credibility of journalism, quite the opposite, says Fjeldheim. She still thinks it is problematic that news has made itself a party to an immigration case by assisting the man’s wife in her application to UDI. As for the lack of mention of the verdict, she says that she understands that news did it, but that it was still not right. – There were many good reasons not to do it. But it was wrong. But I think the assessments were well reasoned, but he did not have enough critical objections, says Fjeldheim. PFU leader Anne Weider Aasen says the documentary falls within the core of the press’s social mission and that the idea and intention were good. – But it cannot be trumped by putting aside other press ethical considerations. – Good argument Gunnar Kagge from Aftenposten says he would have liked more complaints about other aspects of the documentary to get a full review of several aspects of the series. He believes point 2.2 on role mixing is in principle the most interesting. – I think news has a good argument for why they do what they do. Kagge nevertheless believes that news’s role in fundraising and assistance in the application for a residence permit suggests that news has also broken good press etiquette on this point. The committee members believe that the exposure of the man’s son was too extensive and stigmatizing, even if the parents gave their consent to it. Three points Elin Floberghagen of the Norwegian Press Association made use of the right of initiative and complained about the documentary “Ingen elsker Bamsegut” to the Press’ Professional Committee. The PFU secretariat has insisted that news agree on all three points, but it is the committee that will make a final decision after today’s deliberations. Did not inform about moral conviction The documentary series “Ingen elsker Bamsegutt” was depublished after only one week, after it became known that the man who participated in the series had a conditional moral conviction against him. news was made aware of the verdict one month before publication of the series, but chose not to mention it. – We have given the public an incomplete picture, said broadcasting manager Vibeke Fürst Haugen at the press conference on 22 November last year when it became clear that the series had been withdrawn. Internal review Floberghagen writes in her complaint to PFU that she believes presenter Tore Strømøy has a participating and active part in history. Among other things, she points out that Strømøy assisted the man’s wife in applying for a residence permit in Norway. Floberghagen has also emphasized the omission of the sentence from the series, as well as the exposure of the man’s 14-year-old son. The documentary series has also been up for consideration by the Broadcasting Council after receiving 300 complaints. In addition, an internal review is ongoing at news. Media diversity and cooperation editor Hege Iren Frantzen and news manager (and PFU member) Stein Bjøntegård lead the work, according to Journalisten.
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Roses Tore Strømøy in discussion about controversial documentary series – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
