“Media Azi” Broadcast, 50th edition: How fair is it for SCM members to point the finger at journalists?

The attitude of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) towards journalist Mariana Rata, who was publicly reprimanded at a meeting of the SCM for an error in an investigation caused by limited access to documents on the web portal of courts, is the topic of the 50th edition of the “Media Azi” show.

The host of this edition, journalist Anastasia Nani, discussed the issue with her guests, SCM member Vera Toma and RISE Moldova journalist Ion Preasca.

What was the point of such discussions in the SCM? What did the investigative journalists who participated in the SCM meeting think of the “lesson” that the members of this institution taught journalist Mariana Rata? Is it right for SCM members to point the finger at journalists?

See how SCM member Vera Toma explains this behavior of her colleagues and what the other guest of the show, Ion Preasca, thinks about the possible gaps and errors caused by limited access to documents on the web portal of courts.

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“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md,  Media Azi and Mediacritica, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center. 

The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.