One Brussels journalist, who did not wish to be named, said that he was worried that the company responsible for the content, Brussels-based Mostra, was the same company that produces much of the European Commission's multimedia promotional material.I share this view, but I think that it should be the task of the Parliament, and especially its members, to closely follow the reporting of "their" web television. They are democratically elected, and they should be aware of the messages that are spread in their names.
To ensure that Europarl TV serves "public rather than state propaganda interests," said Mr White [that is, Aidan White, the general secretary of the International Federation of Journalists; JF], the channel should mirror the oversight structure of other government-funded public television services such as the BBC and institute independent administration of Europarl TV "to stop there from being political interference with news gathering."For me, this is a contradiction. Having a parliament television provided by the parliament itself that functions without political interference is completely irrealistic. I would rather expect them to highlighten the political interference that this "television" is confronted with instead of hiding it behind self-proclaimed objectivity.
The "real" media should use the material provided by the parliament TV, analyse it and present it to the public in a balanced, evaluated and more generalised manner. This is their task, and this is what I expect from them. And if this worked, we would be quite well off, I suppose.
Read also:
- Nosemonkey's article
- Jon Worth's article
- Brussels Media's article
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