Talitha Muusse has decided on the latest episode of On 1 in which she could be seen not to present on Sunday evening. According to her, the KRO-NCRV has set conditions for her presentation that clash with her “professional and personal values”, Muusse said on Sunday. Instagram.
Muusse said he had lost faith in politics at the beginning of April due to the state of affairs surrounding the interference of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte with the role of CDA MP Pieter Omtzigt. The presenter then called on her followers on social media to come and talk about developments in Dutch democracy on the Plein in The Hague.
“I want to physically talk to people about what has happened here and make a statement that this is not the politics that belongs to our country and that this is an unacceptable outcome of the debate,” Muusse wrote on the day that Rutte’s involvement was announced. was in a now-deleted tweet. “We are insulted today.”
According to Muusse, the KRO-NCRV has decided that it is not allowed to participate in political talks. “This stands in the way of my journalistic freedom,” says Muusse.
Required according to the KRO-NCRV On 1 journalistic independence and the program needs a presenter who can be a discussion partner for everyone at the table. That is why the broadcaster has decided, together with Muusse, that they will broadcast the On 1 does not present on behalf of KRO-NCRV.
Sven Kockelmann gives a presentation On 1 Sundays only
Muusse’s co-presenter Sven Kockelmann presents Op1 Sundays only. The KRO-NCRV announces that the broadcaster and the presenter are in discussion about programs in which Muusse can “highlight the importance of the young generation for a sustainable future of the Netherlands”.
The presenter is aware that her beliefs can chafe with her work as a presenter. “I am aware that it is a continuous search for how my role as an entrepreneur, initiator of social projects and opinion maker relates to presenting a journalistic program.”
“And this has been a continuous dialogue between me and the broadcaster, which was sometimes spicy and difficult, and in which I sometimes had to add water to the wine and vice versa the broadcaster sometimes had to apologize to me, because of the way in which the broadcaster restricted me. That’s part of the deal. “
‘Combination of activities not possible’
Muusse writes that she ended up at the broadcaster precisely because of her “social activist profile”. The KRO-NCRV would also start its activities for On 1 have been aware of her desire to combine her role as a presenter with her work as an opinion maker and entrepreneur.
“This combination of activities is not possible within the conditions that are now set, unfortunately”, concludes Muusse. On Thursday Muusse informed her away in what she can and cannot say.
Kockelmann and Muusse have been taking Sundays since the end of January On 1 at their expense. It was already known that these Sunday broadcasts would stop after the national elections.
Talitha Muusse explains why she is quitting as a presenter of the talk show Op1.
Talitha Muusse explains why she is quitting as a presenter of the talk show Op1.
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