Amanda Sokolnicki: Aftonbladet's campaign against Kragh is not journalism – it is calumny

It began with researcher Martin Kragh in a scientific article pointed out Aftonbladet, as an actor who sometimes has spread Russian propaganda. And it ended with kulturchefen Åsa Linderborg, completely without evidence, suggested that the Kragh can be a spy for a foreign power.

the Researchers as well as Rysslandskännare has gone out to Kraghs defense. But they also note that the goal of the campaign already have been achieved. ”It is precisely this that misinformation is all about: to create uncertainty. You do not need to back up the allegations, it is enough that they spread,” says researcher Paul Levin.

or the newspaper's responsible publisher Lena K Samuelsson to answer SVT's questions sends you to the end until Eric Rosen, who is the assistant editor.

you do not have the evidence to publish such a gross accusation that the against Kragh? wonder the reporter. ”Had the newspaper Aftonbladet made an article about it here on the news site, it had been a matter of course. But in opinionsjournalistik have more opportunities to write freely about things that you believe that the media should look more at,” says Rosén.

A lie does not become more relevant to the förkläs that opinion.

the Answer reveals how wrong Aftonbladet is. To opinionsjournalistik presents opinions that not everyone agrees is a matter of course. But there should never be any doubt about whether facts are true or not. A lie does not become more relevant to the förkläs that opinion.

wrong, the DN has since 2013 been convicted two times of the Press council. But it has only been days since the Aftonbladet convicted of a gross breach of good journalistic practice, in the articles on working Benny Fredriksson. Yet it seems not to have learned anything.