10 kringkastingssjefer for europeiske allmennkringkastingsselskaper har skrevet under et opprop mot de foreslåtte kuttene i
Danmarks Radio. NRKs Thor Gjermund Eriksen er av de 10, sammen med blant annet BBC, SR og SVT.
De er alle bekymret for forslaget om at Danmarks Radio, som driver Radio og TV på vegne av Staten, vil miste 25 % av sine inntekter. Dette vil få
dramatiske konsekvenser for DRs muligheter til å drive allmennkringkasting, går det fram av oppropet.
Utdrag fra pressemelding publisert av Sveriges Radio: - In the letter the signatories also point out the important role that public service broadcasters play in a time of “increased polarisation and greater alienation between different groups in society. Against this background the importance of well-functioning, trusted public service broadcasters, side-by-side with high quality commercial media, can hardly be stated too clearly.”
It is also important to put this discussion in a broader European perspective. The signatories write: “free and independent journalism around the world is under greater pressure than it has been for a long time……increasingly authoritarian regimes in some parts of Europe have made public service broadcasters subject to comprehensive changes. For the time being two of the most troublesome cases are Hungary and Poland.
It is no coincidence that both countries have plunged down the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index in recent years. ……The choice that Danish politicians must make when it comes to public service broadcasting can be seen in many other countries around Europe: Whether to cut budgets and increase the risk of political control; or to secure long-term funding and build up greater and more effective safeguards for the independence and stability of public service broadcasting. That the latter would promote democracy hardly needs to be pointed out.”
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