Rutte takes criticism Think media “not make sense” – NU.nl

“The indictment of the journalism course, makes no sense,” Rutte said on Friday after the cabinet meeting. He thinks it is wrong to think suggests that the press has other motives.

He recalled that the Netherlands after Finland is the country with the most press freedom.

Asscher believes that think, a party which wishes to take action in particular against discrimination, racism and double standards, self measurement and generalizes double standards.

“If you say you want to connect and feel that people should not be lumped together, then you should not do with the press itself,” he said .

Open Democracy

“They [Think ed.] Say that the press is only concerned with defending the established order. I never noticed that. We have a free press where journalists very well be able to ask critical questions. That is well and good for politicians, “says Asscher.

” That means you have to answer critical questions. you have to resist them that there not only be applauded, but also by asking journalists. ” He stressed that a free press is part of an open democracy.

‘Gatekeepers’

Think posted Monday a video on Facebook that the party’s parliamentary press as “guardians of the established order” described.

the message to the supporters is that the media should be discredited because they are out to make the new political movement are broken. Media would do that because think racism and discrimination has put on the agenda

Watch the video of Think about the media.

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the video was a prelude to the publication of NRC Wednesday in which it is reported that research into business dealings of party chairman and MP Think Öztürk. He would have committed in his time as Labour leader in Limburg made to bribery and cronyism.

The party wanted then the media does not speak to, but sent it a press release and a video out where Öztürk the accusations are shed and again lashed out at the media.

“We condemn any volksvertegenwoordigers based mediaberichten because judging people on the basis of suggestive, accusatory and poorly substantiated reports correct something that we berate The Hague “, said party leader know Kuzu

By: NU.nl/Avinash Bhikhie