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One
year ago, the neoliberal government in Greece, decided to close in
one night the Public Broadcaster (ERT), through an unprecedented
action for a democratic European country. The action marked a
critical moment for the Greek experiment, through which, useful
conclusions have been conducted for the inspirators of the new global
feudalism era.
The
most remarkable thing, however, is the endless hypocrisy of the
government. The "black" in ERT came with the excuse that
the Public Broadcaster became corrupted, with many staff appointed
through political criteria, although the parties in power, PASOK and
Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy - ND) - now forming the government
coalition - were those that appointed staff in ERT for decades!
Now,
there is further evidence that the government behaves the same way,
if not worse, struggling to maintain its propaganda mechanism, as
desperately seeks to stay in power:
“Concerns
have been expressed over the procedures used to fill permanent
positions at the new state broadcaster Nerit, with critics arguing
that the process has allowed for considerable political involvement
and interference in making appointments.”
“Among
the cases being highlighted is that of a former Pasok MP who switched
to New Democracy just before the 2012 elections, who has been awarded
one of 16 sports reporting positions in Athens.”
“Many
of the appointees worked at ERT, the state broadcaster shut down
overnight by the government in June 2013, and at DT, an interim
station set up while Nerit was being established.”
“The
recruitment procedure is being conducted outside of the state’s
relatively transparent hiring agency Asep and involves assessing
objective criteria, such as university qualifications and language
skills, as well as subjective criteria, through assessments of CVs
and interviews with the candidates.”
“According
to TheToc.gr newsite, the evaluation of candidates’ CVs was
conducted by a committee that included a former New Democracy MP,
while participating in the panels that carried out the interviews
with the prospective Nerit journalists was a former New Democracy
trade unionist and a 92-year-old journalist.”
“The
Nerit tables also show that a journalist who at Nerit’s predecessor
ERT once covered New Democracy in opposition and later the prime
minister’s office after New Democracy took power came joint first
in the interview stage, earning 950 out of a possible 1,000 points.”
More
details:
Many
journalists went to work in the new "public" TV, now
called NERIT, which is clearly a tool of government propaganda. It
is characteristic that there are no opposition voices in this
government creation, as the main opposition party SYRIZA, as well
as other opposition parties like Independent Greeks, have chosen
to exclude this channel in order to avoid legalizing its creation.
Many
journalists from ERT3, the other Hellenic Public TV channel are
still broadcasting from Thessaloniki headquarters, only through
internet, as they've chosen not to become the mouthpieces of
government propaganda.
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As
predicted:
... public broadcaster will be
fully controlled by any government. Therefore, it will become the
tool of the ultimate propaganda and misinformation, or, will be
closed permanently since the neoliberal dictatorship puppets will
downgrade it at the maximum level.
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