Op1 presenter Fidan Ekiz hailed and maligned for conversation with Genee | Entertainment

entertainment">The common thread in the conversation was whether Veronica Inside should have gone along in the fuss surrounding the program. Or, as Fidan Ekiz put it, going along in ‘a change that is still a form of imposed unfree- ness by the moral conscience of the Netherlands’. The On 1The presenter called the action by Arie Boomsma, who had called on advertisers to boycott the program, ‘NSB behavior’.

entertainment">Wilfred Genee agrees that it is ‘absurd that this can happen’. He mentions the boycott of the Dutch national team, The Guardian who labeled VI as a racist program, the terminations of many sponsors, conversations with the management behind the scenes and the ‘evaporation of a million’. According to him, they had to do something with it as program makers. So that became the now famous theme broadcast about racism.

Scapegoat

entertainment">Fidan Ekiz wonders why Genee allowed it. “Why didn’t you say, ‘This is going too far. We never feel the need to justify ourselves? ” Johan Derksen made a joke, which I honestly thought was quite funny. I don’t think he had any racist intentions with that. Why is there no one at the time saying, “We are not going to answer, we have never done that. Why should we go along with this scare-making? “” Genee explains that time is changing and states that one can also take into account ‘sentiment that plays at some point’.

entertainment">To Fidan’s question whether the sentiment ‘when it comes to finding a scapegoat’ should be included in the sentiment, Genee firmly replies: “No, I didn’t think so.” Whether Genee’s position in that episode had anything to do with his reputation, status or further career opportunities? Genee denies that and let him know Veronica Inside will only want to leave last and is connected to the program on several fronts.

“Say what we want”

entertainment">Genee agrees with Ekiz’s suggestion that there is something wrong with the debate culture in the Netherlands if the discussion about racism is mainly about Derksen and Genee. The host: “Isn’t it time to zoom out: why is this necessary in this country, why shouldn’t we say what we want?” Genee points out that with the current form and intensity of the fuss, ‘there was a change, like we had never experienced before’.

entertainment">On Twitter, there are people who zoom in on Ekiz’s comments about Arie Boomsma’s ‘NSB behavior’ and her comment that she found Johan Derksen’s joke ‘still funny’. “You see Wilfred Genee deliberately explain why Johan Derksen’s comment really was not possible,” said publicist Dr. JH “And then Fidan Ekiz makes some not so smart remarks. Such as that Arie Boomsma’s action can be described as NSB behavior. ” Historian Nadia Bouras speaks of a ‘low point’ and calls Ekiz’s attitude ‘shocking and inappropriate’.

entertainment">But the critical questions of Fidan Ekiz sounded like music to many viewers. They call her “a heroine.” Author and speaker Hans van Tellingen believes that ‘Fidan said what it was all about’. Another praises Ekiz and Pauw as ‘people who speak independently and ask the right critical questions’. Also, someone says: “Fidan Ekiz is one of those people who are ALWAYS willing to look at both sides. Beautiful property. ”

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