The SD wanted to question SVT's management in the culture committee about how it works to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content, but the other parties voted no earlier this week. The background is that SVT's news magazine Agenda accidentally used a video clip that turned out to be AI-generated.
Lagercrantz believes that SD's demands are "deeply problematic".
It's good that we are being scrutinized. But this is something else. What the SD is opening up for is a system of political interrogations, a detailed control of the content. If this were to happen every time a journalist has done something objectionable, our independence would be at risk, says Lagercrantz.
SVT's CEO apologizes for the error in Agenda, which she calls "deplorable and embarrassing," but also highlights that there is a well-functioning media ethics system.
It is not in front of politicians that media managers or publicists should explain individual publications. Then I can, in any context, for SD or for others, generally talk about what to do, even as a politician, if you are dissatisfied and want to report us, says Anne Lagercrantz.
