„An honest journalist is the most powerful weapon against propaganda”
Interview by Kira Kirschbach, translation Michelle TrimbornOleksandr Chekmyshev is Doctor of Science in Social Communications, Head of the Equal Access Committee, Chief of the monitoring projects at Association "Common Space"
ECPMF: How do you judge the protection of journalistic standards in Ukraine? Is it possible to report balanced and objectively on the war?
Oleksandr Chekmyshev, Doctor of Science in Social Communications
Head of the Equal Access Committee; Chief of the monitoring projects at Association "Common Space" (Photo: private)
Oleksandr Chemyshev: Often journalistic standards are ignored for the sake of patriotism and ideology. Our studies on current journalistic tendencies show problems like biased reporting, incorrect terminology…
