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Jolanta Karpavičienė, cultural advisor to President Gitanas Nausėda, says that issues of ethical regulation must be discussed in detail within the media community and with the public, and high ethical standards must be applied to the LRT.
According to her, the proposed amendments on the supervision of the LRT were included in the last stage, although the amendments to the law are being prepared for a completely different purpose in order to transpose the provisions of EU law into national law. Lithuanian.
“It is surprising that in recent days an important issue related to the obligations of the public broadcaster to adhere to the highest standards has been included in the package of amendments to the Public Information Law that the Seimas Culture Committee is considering. ethical standards, “the presidential adviser told BNS.
He noted that the amendments to the Public Information Law are primarily aimed at transposing the provisions of the European Union’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive into national legislation, which Lithuania is already overdue, and not addressing complex issues related to the regulation of the ethics of the media.
“Members of the Seimas, other institutions and the public did not have enough time and opportunities to familiarize themselves with the proposals carefully and examine them in detail. These issues need to be discussed systematically both within the media community and with the public, especially since they do not there is urgency in solving them ”, said the Advisor to the President.
Regarding the proposal itself, which seeks to reduce the prerogatives of the Public Information Ethics Commission to supervise compliance with the LRT with the ethics of public information, it is important to highlight that, according to the Constitutional Court, “the service broadcasting public (its programs and programs) – declared J. Karpavičienė.
This month, the Seimas Culture Committee approved the request of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television that possible violations of the LRT ethics in the future can no longer be assessed by the Public Information Ethics Commission.
The LRT states that such inspection should be abandoned, as an independent LRT ethics ombudsman will be established, and the Ethics Commission has delegated representatives from the commercial media. Critics say there is no reason for the LRT to stand out to other media, and the amendments could allow the LRT to ignore ethical standards for public information and public oversight.
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