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Geelen, Jean-Pierre
Medienjournalist bei der linksliberalen Tageszeitung De Volkskrant
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Bitter satire gives asylum seekers human face
The Dutch public broadcasting organisation VPRO screened its quiz show Leaving the Netherlands on Thursday, in which unsuccessful asylum seekers can win 4,000 euros before being deported. The show has provoked much criticism from abroad. But all the fuss is exaggerated, the left-liberal daily De Volkskrant argues: "The show, produced in the context of the TV-Lab series, displays all the characteristics of a one-off experimental joke. What's more, here in the Netherlands we're used to bitter, harsh satire, particularly when it's produced by VPRO. ... It was pretty overblown and there were no tricks involved. The contestants weren't actors but genuine asylum seekers, the broadcaster assured viewers. Yet Leaving the Netherlands managed to give asylum seekers a human face in a creative, playful way - using bitter irony instead of the usual documentary lyricism."
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Child murder leads to media hype
Dutch radio and television have been reporting almost around the clock on the murder of a 12-year-old girl by a police officer. The extensive coverage borders on media hype, writes the left-liberal daily De Volkskrant in disapproval: "Thousands of years of civilisation haven't brought us forward one milimetre. Scenes of public tears and prayer are necessary to conjure up the devil. Evil is everywhere. ... In these ritual incantations it has become normal for reporters to jostle for position to be the first to declare Milly dead. And anyone who condemns such behaviour is raked over the coals on the Internet. ... In this way everyone profits from the death of a young girl."
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