OTS - Accusations against Hubert Seipel: NDR examines legal action
2023. November 15. 08:52
Hamburg, 2023. november 15., szerda (APA/OTS) - Following a press
inquiry on November 6, NDR was confronted with serious allegations
against documentary filmmaker Hubert Seipel. The author, who
produced films such as "Ich, Putin - Ein Portrait" [I, Putin: A
Portrait] (2012) and the interviews with Edward Snowden and
Vladimir Putin in Moscow (2014) for NDR, allegedly received money
from a Russian businessman over a long period.
The NDR , from its German acronym, Norddeutscher Rundfunk
[Northern German Broadcasting Corporation] contacted the author and
the management of the production company following the press
inquiry. Seipel admitted to NDR that he had received money from the
Russian entrepreneur Alexey Mordashov in the form of two
"sponsorship contracts" in 2013 and 2018 and explained it had been
for two book projects. Mordashov has been on the EU sanctions list
since March 2022 and is considered a pro-Kremlin oligarch. At the
time, Seipel did not inform NDR that he had secured these
contracts. The broadcaster sees this as a significant conflict of
interest that challenges Seipel's journalistic independence. The
contract should have been disclosed to the production company and
NDR. The author last worked for NDR in 2019.
Joachim Knuth, Director-General: "It is suspected that we, and
therefore our audience, have been deliberately misled. We are
looking into this now and are considering legal action. We will
thoroughly examine the procedures surrounding the commissioning and
production of the films Hubert Seipel made for NDR. To do so, we
have engaged the former Spiegel editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann."
Within its production contracts and compliance policies, NDR
requires the disclosure of any conflicts of interest and for
journalistic work to be carried out independently from any
third-party influence. None of the films are currently available in
the ARD media library.
Contact:
NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Mail: presse@ndr.de
www.twitter.com/NDRpresse
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