Czech Conference on Media and Xenophobia

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Czech Conference on Media and Xenophobia


C A R O L I N A  No 313,  Wednesday, December 16, 1998.
 
STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
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Journalists' Syndicate Holds Conference on Media and Xenophobia
 
The conference Media and Xenophobia took place on International Human
Rights Day December 12 and was attended by  many prominent
politicians, cultural figures and media cognoscenti. A journal about
Czech xenophobia, where some well-known authors presented their
experiences with Czech intolerance, was published on the same day.

General Secretary of International Federation of Journalists Adam
White, in the opening essay, accused the media of having a negative
attitude toward different cultures and thus negatively influence
people who construe reality only from the media. White said the
situation can improve if journalists firmly observe ethical standards
and consider media the messenger of democracy.

Anna Krusova from the refugee section of Czech Helsinki Commission
criticized Czech mass media for their prejudice against immigrants.
"Our media do not care why a stranger leaves everything behind and
without money flees into the unknown. They only ask how much it will
cost taxpayers."

Karol Sidon,  Prague's chief rabbi, said the general question for
Czech society and its media is cultivation. "Journalists must follow
their moral code," said Sidon, and criticized the false solidarity
among journalists, who are afraid of standing up against their
colleagues, even when their transgressions are clear.

Jakub Jirovec

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