SD kräver svar från SVT om opartiskhet och styrning

Over the past few weeks several events within Sweden's Television have raised questions about leadership control and accountability at the highest level It involves among other things misleading editing broadcasting AI-generated material presented as facts and information about nepotism within the leadership The Sweden Democrats are demanding at today's meeting of the Culture Committee that the SVT leadership be called to account for how these decisions could have been made What internal flaws might behind this and what measures are planned to avoid similar incidents in the future In the end it's the citizens who own the public service and in the end it's the citizens who must speak up I think one might show a bit more humility towards the mistakes one makes It would have made things easier when building trust because my ambition is for voters on the right to also have high confidence in public service I think public service should also become more transparent even when it comes to criticism against them Alexander Kristiansson says the purpose of calling SVT to the Culture Committee meeting is not for politicians to influence the content of public service without ensuring that the company fulfills its mission of independence and impartiality I want to know how they will ensure they meet the standards of impartiality in the future here We'll see what the response is If we call them up they have to come that's how it works We also need another member in the committee to reach the minority protection We need five and we are four members The Swedish Social Democratic Party raises special questions about SVT's handling of a clip with Donald Trump as the editing according to the party gave a misleading image According to Kristiansson it is especially important that such events are scrutinized before the election campaign to maintain public trust in the public service across the entire population When it came to the clip from the Capitol and Trump's speech it wasn't about an accident or a bad edit really It was clearly intentional in the way it was edited to present a certain image But it's serious for a public service company and the consequences were huge in Britain and at the BBC when exactly the same thing was discovered there Trump threatened to fire them and several high-ranking officials Oh so Quartal could reveal that the same thing has happened in Sweden in Swedish television and there's going to be some small excuse I don't really think it's fair because it's so serious and now we're entering an election campaign and public service must do everything it can to fulfill its mission and build trust across all parts of the population Swedish Democrats point out that the trust gap between right-wing and left-wing voters regarding public service has increased and that SVT therefore needs to show greater transparency when mistakes occur