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Annabel Nanninga wrote that the minister could not hide behind the editorial freedom of the NOS, according to her. She called the broadcaster's reporting outright lies, stated that the minister was responsible for that, and noted that everyone was contributing to it. #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #journalistiek #verantwoordelijkheid (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that Dutch media in 2015 portrayed participants in the Ukrainian referendum, including GeenPeil, as antidemocratic and pro-Putin. Nevertheless, he called the referendum a great success. In 2017, according to him, newspapers and parts of the NPO tried to boycott GeenStijl but were unsuccessful. He also accused the media of labeling critics of Greta Thunberg as climate deniers in 2019 and of presenting support for Black Lives Matter as a civic duty in 2020, while according to him, Zwarte Piet was pressured with unfounded accusations of racism. During the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nijman, the media shielded criticism of the measures and labeled those who deviated as irrational. He argued that this permanently damaged the credibility of the press and trust in its fairness and objectivity. From 2021, he stated that media opposed the farmers' movement with reporting on nitrogen that journalists did not understand sufficiently, and starting in 2022, labeled critics of Ukrainian accession to the EU or NATO's contribution to the escalation as pro-Putin. Nijman wrote that after October 7, 2023, many media condemned Israel and Jews in general and based reporting on genocide and starvation on lies. According to him, the media concealed the reasons for Hamas' attack and subordinated facts to information from NGOs, including Oxfam. He also claimed that journalists who disagreed were not offering enough public dissent, partly because they had to save for a mandatory heat pump in 2028. Furthermore, Nijman accused the media of shifting their own problems onto disinformation and Elon Musk and of leaving X for their own, small online environment. According to him, DPG, RTL, and the NPO imposed standards that many Dutch people did not conform to. He wrote that readers should hate the mainstream media even more and asserted that the free press had again chosen the wrong side on October 7. #Media #Nederland #VrijePers (translated)

Jacques Monasch wrote that Jetten's paragraph about the Israeli army amounted to an indirect declaration of war against Israel. He called it a deceitful license for hatred against Israelis, on the day when the largest genocidal attack on Jews since the Holocaust was commemorated. Monasch said that Jetten was not his prime minister. #Israël #genocide #politiek (translated)

The author stated that the government was trying to convince people on one hand that Russia was so weak that Ukraine would win, and on the other hand that Russia was strong enough to invade Europe. He called those messages lies that were hard to reconcile with each other. #politiek #Rusland #Oekraïne (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that N-VA chairman Valerie Van Peel had made several statements about the Jinnih Beels decree in two minutes. According to him, she first said it had nothing to do with Beels and was necessary to prevent administrative ungovernability in the province, then denied that N-VA was involved, and later admitted that the approach "did not deserve a beauty prize." Vande Reyde called those statements contradictory and stated that N-VA's support in both the Flemish Parliament and the provincial council had been indispensable. He accused Vooruit, N-VA, and CD&V of getting rid of a female politician with a tailor-made law and wrote that this stirred anger among people because they feared becoming the next victims of political abuse of power. He also reminded that Van Peel had previously stepped away from politics because, according to her, she had had enough of political games. As a solution, Vande Reyde proposed to postpone the effective date of the decree until after the next provincial elections and to have the parties seek a solution among themselves. #Politiek #VlaamsePolitiek #Machtsmisbruik (translated)

Steven Arrazola de Oñate asked whether Guy Verhofstadt would finally fall from his pedestal. He wrote that, in his opinion, Verhofstadt had remained politically upright after the publication in 2009 of a book by Leo Goovaerts, who was for many years the treasurer of the PVV/VLD. In *What I Saw Was Sobering. Memoir of a Treasurer at the VLD*, Goovaerts, according to Arrazola de Oñate, painted a devastating picture of the financial and political practices within the party and made serious accusations against Verhofstadt. Arrazola de Oñate stated that Verhofstadt, like Frank Vandenbroucke and others involved in the Agusta scandal, had been able to count on a protective stance from a large part of the mainstream media for years. Journalists who expressed sharp criticism, such as Jurgen Verstrepen, had, according to him, later disappeared from the media landscape. He wrote that he hoped that those he believed had gotten away with lies, deceit, and political power would eventually be held accountable. He concluded with a coarse reference to karma. #politiek #waarheid #media (translated)

Rutger van den Noort wrote that the VVD of Dilan Yesilgöz was polling at 12 seats and, according to him, was heading towards a scenario like that of the CDU, where the party would shrink significantly or even disappear. He stated that the Dutch did not like lies and empty promises and that the VVD was harming itself by continually bending to the left. He called it political suicide. https://t.co/yDb8L6QguT #Politiek #VVD #Verkiezingen (translated)

Geert Wilders reacted to Dilan Yesilgöz's statement that the VVD had gained dozens of new members. He accused her of lying and wrote that it was a miracle she hadn't perished there herself. According to Wilders, the VVD under her leadership fell to 12 seats that day, the lowest number since 2018. https://t.co/aeiXTC5Qch #politiek #VVD #verkiezingen (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that a man he characterized as a language police officer had presented his claims and demands with an elevated and unwavering certainty, in his opinion. He stated that the lie about "genocide" had become a tool of power to discriminate against and exclude Jews. #antisemitisme #discriminatie #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting (translated)

Florida sues Pfizer: pregnant women and teenagers paid the price I am genuinely very curious how this will turn out. That #Pfizer is a gang of crooks, everyone who has a bit of medical knowledge knows. The company has a reputation in this area: they haven't choked on their first lie and they have had more dubious dealings for which they had to account. But this is much bigger, and now the big players are going to get involved. Pfizer is powerful and will pull out all the stops to combat such initiatives. As a lonely citizen, you usually achieve nothing and should be glad to get away without any harm. But I think Pfizer has overplayed its hand in this case. #mRNAvaccines #Covid19 #mRNAvaccins #Covid19 #Pfizer #Vaccinatie #Gezondheid (translated)

We have known Rutte for a long time as a pathological liar, but now the rest of the world is getting to know him as such! He was made to look ridiculous by the Prime Minister of Lithuania, because there is absolutely NO EVIDENCE of a Russian threat! Who would have thought that? 😅 Rutte was a JOKER! #Rutte #Politiek #Leugens (translated)