Plenary: Moral Maze - Witness: Anne Achte (Fellow, Finland)

20 Sep 2013

Proposition: "Journalism coarsens, simplifies and distorts politics (and the new media won't be any better)"

Anne Achte (Finland) states that in her country --one of the least corrupt in the world- journalists can sound frivolous at some times. However, she finds little difference with other countries in that people do not have time to read, and this has led to the simplification of political and social issues. In fact, media quoting other media has become a tendency that distorts the news.