The Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Athena B. Wyse, requested a correction and a formal apology of “The Eutropian Independent”.
On 24th November, 2008, the Eutropian Independent published an article ("Bad Dreams", by Bob Woodstein) which stated that the Eutropian Commissioner had "censored" the text of the article.
The Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Athena B. Wyse, reacted on this article on 2nd December 2008 in an official announcement stating that neither she nor any member of her staff has at any time "censored" any article published by any of the media organizations.
In an exclusive interview, Victoria Guerin and Bob Woodstein from “The Eutropian Independent” answered that they “will contact the Commissioners and explain the matter, stating that the sentence was not meant to be insulting or offending”. However, they complained that they “would have estimated a greater sense of humour by the Commissioners, since the criticised sentence is part of an ironical (!) comment, which should be regarded as such.”
We agree that irony and appropriate criticism is part of the freedom of press.
However, the Media Watchdogs think that published news which turn out to be incorrect must be rectified in an appropriate manner, since this is part of our recently composed Press Code. The Eutropian public also has the right to know that the article actually has not been censored. “The Eutropian Independent” therefore already has explained their intentions in their article from 5th December, 2008, “the Downsides of Irony”. The Editors commented that “irony obviously has its downsides - not everyone understands it” and explained that “the mentioned "censorship" was part of a cleary labeled "Ironical Comment" and thus meant ironically”.
When we interviewed the journalists of “The Eutropian Independent” in the morning on the 5th December, 2008, they have not read the message from Athena B. Wyse until that moment. It is good to see that problems can be solved so quickly, when a mediator like us keeps an eye on potential conflicts.
On 24th November, 2008, the Eutropian Independent published an article ("Bad Dreams", by Bob Woodstein) which stated that the Eutropian Commissioner had "censored" the text of the article.
The Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Athena B. Wyse, reacted on this article on 2nd December 2008 in an official announcement stating that neither she nor any member of her staff has at any time "censored" any article published by any of the media organizations.
In an exclusive interview, Victoria Guerin and Bob Woodstein from “The Eutropian Independent” answered that they “will contact the Commissioners and explain the matter, stating that the sentence was not meant to be insulting or offending”. However, they complained that they “would have estimated a greater sense of humour by the Commissioners, since the criticised sentence is part of an ironical (!) comment, which should be regarded as such.”
We agree that irony and appropriate criticism is part of the freedom of press.
However, the Media Watchdogs think that published news which turn out to be incorrect must be rectified in an appropriate manner, since this is part of our recently composed Press Code. The Eutropian public also has the right to know that the article actually has not been censored. “The Eutropian Independent” therefore already has explained their intentions in their article from 5th December, 2008, “the Downsides of Irony”. The Editors commented that “irony obviously has its downsides - not everyone understands it” and explained that “the mentioned "censorship" was part of a cleary labeled "Ironical Comment" and thus meant ironically”.
When we interviewed the journalists of “The Eutropian Independent” in the morning on the 5th December, 2008, they have not read the message from Athena B. Wyse until that moment. It is good to see that problems can be solved so quickly, when a mediator like us keeps an eye on potential conflicts.
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