Published October 18, 2021 at 4:21 pm
Media. After harsh criticism, Expressen now admits that it made a mistake when it published a heavily criticized article written by the left-wing profile Alexandra Pascalidou, 51.
“We have made mistakes and been careless”, writes Expressen's editor-in-chief and responsible publisher Klas Granström.
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After a 12-year-old African girl disappeared from Linköping in January this year, Alexandra Pascalidou has covered the incident for Expressen.
Her thesis has been that the authorities and society have not made an effort enough to find the girl due to so-called racism.
The now 13-year-old girl returned a week ago voluntarily and told that she had been taken care of by “a nice older couple” who helped to keep her hidden. Instead, the 13-year-old's mother disappeared, but the police do not actively search for her because it is not judged that there is any concrete danger to health or life.
In connection with the girl's return, Alexandra Pascalidou wrote a very close article about her, with names and pictures and snazzy, privacy-violating details.
The girl's name publication drew harsh criticism on social media. And now Expressen's editor-in-chief and responsible publisher Klas Granström writes that the left-wing newspaper made a mistake when publishing the article. the family's reactions so far-reaching. Nor did they publish the close-up pictures and TV features that we had in our article “, writes Klas Granström.
Expressen has subsequently heavily edited Alexandra Pascalidou's article and removed the girl's name from the text.
Alexandra Pascalidou has previously been involved in journalistic scandals. Among other things, she has been caught several times plagiarizing texts.