The review board condemns SVT for impropriety

Published 7 October 2024 at 15:32

Media. The board of review rejects features in Morgonstudion and Rapport due to misleading graphics. SVT made corrections in later broadcasts, but according to the board, these were not clear enough. states in its decision that bars representing savings on public transport were disproportionately large in relation to the bars illustrating policy measures benefiting motorists. They therefore gave a misleading picture that the savings on public transport were as large – or greater – than the measures that benefit motorists.

SVT sent a clarification in Rapport on April 30 and a correction in Morgonstudion on May 2. According to the committee, a correction must be called a correction and make it clear to the audience which information has become incorrect and which is correct. The board considers that the corrections were not clear enough and therefore rejects the elements.

The requirement of objectivity means that information that is of importance to the petition must be correct and that the petition must not be misleading, for example by omitting essential information . SVT must correct information that appeared in a television program when it is warranted.