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Remarks by the Turkish communication director follows a job advert by the UK-based news company focusing on Türkiye and its president.
(AA)
After Reuters posted a job advert focusing on Türkiye and its president, the nation’s communications director Fahrettin Altun has stated the UK-based news company appeared to “shift away from the facts”.
“Reuters seems to shift away from the facts and instead employ a biased perspective about what has happened to ‘modern secular traditions’ in Türkiye during President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan’s rule,” Altun stated in a Tweet on Saturday.
“These statements would only make sense on a propaganda leaflet.”
Reuters appears to shift away from the information and as an alternative make use of a biased perspective about what has occurred to “modern secular traditions” in Türkiye during President Erdoğan’s rule. These statements would only make sense on a propaganda leaflet.
This is not journalism. pic.twitter.com/sioI5eRKfJ
— Fahrettin Altun (@fahrettinaltun) December 24, 2022
Emphasising that such behaviour was “not journalism”, Altun stated a media outlet “should ask their journalists on the ground about the facts before deciding what has happened and using it as guideline for news”.
He recommended Reuters “juxtapose these sentences with their commitment to principles of journalism: ‘Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias’.”
Source: AA
