Updated today 16:54.
Published today 16:15
Sweden Democrats ports Express from his election night party. The motivation is that Expressen collaborated with Research Group, a freelance group SD claims linked to left-wing extremism. According to the chief editor Thomas Mattsson is it about the paper’s revelations that forced SD politicians to stop.
Sweden Democrats ports Express from his election night party. The motivation is that Expressen collaborated with Research Group, a freelance group SD claims linked to left-wing extremism. According to the chief editor Thomas Mattsson is it about the paper’s revelations that forced SD politicians to stop.
Expressen’s Chief Editor Thomas Mattson says the Sweden Democrats punish the newspaper for all the revelations about SD. He points to the iron pipe scandal 2012, avpixlat-revelation in 2013 – and now in the final stages of the election campaign articles on SD politician’s racist remarks, which led to more forced to leave their assignments.
– I have never heard that a parliamentary party previously ported an independent media company nationwide from an election night party. The official explanation that we have received from the SD is that we have used freelance company Research Group. But it is known for the Sweden Democrats that other media have used them, says Thomas Mattsson DN.
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Within hours after the SD closed out Expressen had all the major media, DN, Swedish Dagbladet, Aftonbladet, Swedish Television and TV4, said they line up and provides Expressen with text and images from election night.
To comment on the Sweden Democrats’ press officer Martin Kinnunen port no:
Thomas Mattsson mean you punish them for all the revelations about you?
– Then we would get the porta all media. Almost all major media has more or less been campaigning against us. What this is about is that Expressen cooperates with Research Group, which several have a background in AFA (Anti-Fascist Action) and is convicted of a crime. Expressen legitimizes political violent extremism, says Martin Kinnunen.
There are several media companies that used the Research Group, according to Expressen?
– Yes, but Expressen is the only company that writes that they “cooperate” with Research Group, the other has purchased materials without referring to any cooperation.
How do you see that all major media sets up and provides Expressen with information from your election night party
– It does not concern ourselves. This is well good to so many people as possible take part in what is happening despite the fact that we shut out Expressen to magazine has collaborated with the extremists that time.
Express will monitor SD’s election night party fixed otherwise, according Mattsson. He hoped that other media companies would set up the same way as in the past when, for example, concert organizers attempted to control what media companies should receive monitoring events – and got direct feedback from all the major national media.
– I have decided that we should share our images and texts from SD’s election night party at Expressen, says DN’s editor Peter Wolodarski.
– This is a clear indication that SD should not be able to shut out journalists to prevent reporting about their party, he continues.
Aftonbladet chief editor Jan Helin says to DN that it is completely unacceptable that a parliamentary party shut out a newspaper on the way that the Sweden Democrats have done:
– The data Expressen has published has been true and relevant, and there are many who have examined the SD. We will offer Expressen our coverage from SD’s election night party, said Jan Helin.
Even Swedish Dagbladet will make their material from SD’s election night party to Expressen’s disposal. It says the magazine’s editor in chief Fredric Karen:
– What happened is absolutely reprehensible and shows that SD is a party that can not bear to be examined in the manner Expressen has done this week. A democratic scrutiny that other parties handle. We will also offer materials from SD’s vigil to Expressen as a solidarity action.
SVT also went out on Twitter with the news that they support Expressen and TV4 have announced the line up.
Research Group was awarded earlier this year with a guldspade for his investigative journalism.
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