Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation  (Corporate media, State media)    | |
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| Formation | 1 July 1933 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
| Staff | 3,419 |
| Sponsor of | Faktisk |
| Subpage | •Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation/Director-General |
| State TV and radio corporation dominating the national media landscape. | |
NRK, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway. All other TV channels, broadcast from Norway, were banned between 1960 and 1981. NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and three national radio channels on digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial radio and subscription television. All NRK radio stations are streamed online at NRK.no, which also offers an extensive TV service. NRK is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union.[1]
2003 Iraq war
In 2003, NRK ditched popular show host Petter Nome after he at a protest compared Hitler and US president George Bush in the buildup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He was told that he will not be allowed to continue as a presenter, as conformed by Director-general John G. Bernander.[2]
US spook as lecturer
At NRK's Day for Journalism in October 2019, 400 journalists, other NRK employees and people from other Norwegian media companies gathered to hear the lecture "international influence operations: destroying democracies from the inside". The lecturer chosen was the US spook Clint Watts. The information that NRK itself has posted about the event shows that Clint Watts actively promoted American deep state interests. Watt's main message to the journalists was that [[Russia] is actively working in several channels to split the West, by fueling conflicts. According to Watts, this is often done via social media, where Russia builds up groups that are in opposition to the established society, who have distrust of institutions, and question facts and reject (Western) "expertise". Breaking up the EU and NATO is a major goal of Russian influence operations, according to Watts.[3][4]
Yama challenges
Episode 2 of Yama Wolasmal's series "Yama challenges", where he was going to meet "powerful people for exclusive interviews", was put on ice indefinitely. The first episode aired on 25. September 2024[5], but the limit of journalistic freedom was reached already in the first episode, where Jens Stoltenberg within 20 minutes was stuck for an answer after a series of challenging questions.[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.nrk.no/about/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050404015153/http://www.kampanje.com/00/33/10/1.html
- ↑ https://nrkbeta.no/2019/10/22/nyttige-idioter-og-medlopere-slik-virker-russiske-pavirkningsoperasjoner/
- ↑ https://spartakus.no/2019/11/06/pavirkningsagent-foreleste-for-nrk/
- ↑ https://tv.nrk.no/serie/yama-utfordrer/sesong/2024/episode/NNFA54000124
- ↑ https://spartakus.no/2019/11/06/pavirkningsagent-foreleste-for-nrk/
