After dozens of editors, journalists, medical associations, non-governmental organizations and activists from Romania signed an appeal against the hate speech and discrimination practiced by the Romanian TV channel after the death of the journalist Julia Marin, who was only 32 years old, Victor Chutaku reports that the channel announces that it will annually award the Yulia Marin scholarship to young journalists, a gesture that is difficult to qualify.

“In the only interview I gave during this scandal, I was asked if I had communicated with the management since the beginning of the scandal. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have spoken to the management and I want to congratulate the Romanian TV management for the idea, which I welcome. This is an important announcement that surprised me, Romanian TV will annually award the JULIIA MARIN scholarship to young journalists who have the courage to fight for the truth. The conditions under which this scholarship will be awarded and the criteria to be met will be announced by the management of Romanian Television,” said Victor Chutaku.

We remind you that on Romanian television, the death of journalist Yulia Marin in Viktor Chutaka’s show was qualified with phrases like: “These people are mentally ill, they made materials for the press”, “Miss Marin’s pen is a weapon. Which, used dishonestly, can destroy fortunes”, “Wrongly advertised as a media experiment” or “I would not allow a person with mental problems to work for me”.

The National Audiovisual Council discussed on Tuesday the reports made in the case of Victor Ciutaca’s show on Romanian television. The latter supported the same theses, accused CNA members of impartiality and complained that he was summoned to present the accusation.

The CNA meeting, in which Viktor Chutaku continued his accusations against the Libertatea editorial board and ironically responded to the members of the Council, ended abruptly, without ending, the broadcast on the Facebook page was stopped. CNA President Monika Gubernat announced to the audience that the discussion will continue on Thursday.

By April 21, CNA received about 20 complaints from viewers and journalists, including a self-addressed complaint by Dorina Rusu, a member of the Council, Media Page reports.

How Libertatea defended itself against RTV’s attacks in the Yulia Marin case

Libertatea responded to the attacks of Romanian television in the case of journalist Julia Marin, who died last week at the age of only 32. In an article published on Monday, the editors responded point by point to the attacks on Romanian television, first in the show of Victor Ciutat, and then in other shows of the TV station.

“Libertatea” published several messages of Yulia Marin on Facebook, which related to her work in this editorial office, where she worked since the spring of 2020, since the beginning of the pandemic.

Part of one of the messages published by Yulia Marin on March 11, 2023:

• “I received a lot of good advice, devoted time to researching phenomena in society, phenomena that I want to write about in the future, and got rid of the impostor syndrome that haunted me for about ten years.
• So, three years later, I live with the feeling of a new beginning, and I experience again, in the morning, the excitement of going to the office, the desire to give a good text, the pleasure of documenting, I live with the idea that I finally got back on my feet after not quite easy falls , and this is primarily thanks to this editor, who encouraged and supported me, gave me confidence when I no longer believed in myself at all, nurtured this confidence in me and raised me from the “reserve bank” on which I was sitting alone.

“Yulia Marin was able to work”

The editors of “Libertateta” also talk about the Ringier documents, which Yulia Marin refers to:

• “According to the documents in the personnel file of Ringier Romania and Ringier’s message to the editors, Yuliya was able to work. There is no medical advice to the contrary.
• According to Romanian law, if the sick leave exceeds 90 calendar days for the whole year, a new medical examination is required, which certifies whether the person is fit for work. An attestation commission is formed, which includes doctors. The provision does not apply to Julia Marin, who in 2022 had 41 working days of medical leave, equivalent to 57 calendar days, the maximum annual medical leave during the period she worked for Libertatea.
• We will not divulge the diagnoses, and the sick leaves issued by the hospital and in which the disease is coded are located exclusively in the personnel department, not in the editorial office. None of these diagnoses indicates a lack of insight.”

“I knew he had a mental disorder, we decided to work together and we would have chosen the same”

In Monday’s article, the Libertatea editorial board also reported that at the time of hiring Iulia Marin, it was aware that she had mental suffering, including a suicide attempt, but that “Romanian law and Ringier culture include:

• “Discrimination is prohibited both when hiring and during the performance of official duties.
• Knowing the reason, we decided to work together with Julia, as we work together with people with various sufferings and diseases. We would make the same choice today to work together with Yulia. Yulia Marin worked for three years and was employed from the first to the last day on an open-ended employment contract.”

According to the editorial office, the management of the editorial office regularly communicated with Yulia Marin, who was part of the newspaper’s reporting corps, approximately 15 women and men out of 42 people who make up the editorial team.

Romanian television continues its attacks on “Libertatea” and Cătălin Tolontan

Romanian television continued the topic of Julia Marin – on Monday, most newspapers started this case, attacking and accusing the editor-in-chief Catalin Tolontan, writes Pagina de Media.

• “Investigation by Katalin Tolontan, what will you explain to the Swiss bosses,” read one of the posters. “Tolontan, interrogated by superiors after the death of a subordinate”, etc.

The television channel reported in the evening news that an internal investigation is being conducted at the Ringier company level (the information is also detailed on the television website). The claim was flatly denied by Ringier officials: “There is no internal investigation, there is strong support from the group. As far as Romanian TV is concerned, I would say that we are talking about “wishful thinking,” said Michnea Vasiliu, CEO of Ringier Romania, to Paginademedia.ro.

At the opening of the magazines, directors and reporters talked about “the hypocrisy displayed by Tolontan” or “Tolontan’s cynicism, which knows no bounds,” according to the Media Page.

The death of Yulia Marin and the attacks on the Romanian TV channel

Journalist Yulia Marin with 11 years of experience in the press died at the age of only 32. During his career he wrote for Adevărul, PressOne, Recorder, Gândul, and for the last three years – for Libertatea, which announced her death on April 13.

The lifeless body of Iulia Marin was found on Tuesday, April 12, by the police of the 21st Division of Bucharest and the owner of the apartment where the young woman lived, reports Libertatea.

• “For the past four years, Yulia Marin has struggled with mental problems, with difficult diagnoses that she preferred to talk about openly, including bipolar disorder.
• She has written about mental illness on both her Facebook page and her blog, In Therapy. He was not ashamed to admit the complexity of life, which was constantly experiencing trials,” wrote the editorial office of Libertatea.

On the evening of the day when “Libertatea” announced the death of Julia Marin, the Romanian TV channel launched an attack on the editors of the Punctul Culminant program, which is moderated by Victor Ciutaku. Director Viktor Chutaku suggested that the journalist should not have worked because she was “mentally ill”.

• “These people have mental disorders, I don’t want to say more than that, they made press materials,” film director Victor Ciutacu said Wednesday night during a show on Romanian television, also referring to the journalist GSP, known as Libertatea in the Ringier Group, who “had certain recognitions.”

During Viktor Chutaku’s tirade about journalist Julia Marin, who doubts that the Libertatea employee could conduct an objective investigation of the press in the context of the depression she was dealing with, a România TV message board read: “How they used her and left her – she will die . A dispute about death”.

Romanian television continued the attacks in the following days. The journalist’s death was qualified in Viktor Chutaka’s show with phrases like: “These people are mentally ill, they made materials for the press,” “Miss Marin’s pen is a weapon. Which used dishonestly can destroy fortunes”, “Wrongly advertised as a media experiment” or “I would not allow a person with mental problems to work for me”.

Since Thursday, dozens of newsrooms (including HotNews.ro), journalists, medical associations, non-governmental organizations and activists from Romania have signed an appeal against the hate speech and discrimination practiced by Romanian television after the death of journalist Julia Marin.

On Friday, the National Anti-Discrimination Council reported on itself and will analyze the responsibility of people who commented on the death of journalist Julia Marin in several shows on Romanian television, CNDC President Caba Astalos said. Mircea Toma, a member of the CNA, also announced that some members of the organization had reported themselves.

Deceptive reaction of Romanian TV after TV misses: “Complaint to CNA and petition signed by Soros cadres aimed at censoring Victor Chutaku”

On Friday, after the launch of an appeal against hate speech from Romanian television, Victor Čutaku was the first to react: “The Ringier Trust has in its archives medical documents required by law, according to which, after repeated hospitalizations in Obregia, its former employee was fit for health. do I do the work?”.

• Victor Chutaku’s first reaction after the attacks in the case of the death of journalist Yulia Marin

On Saturday, a sharp and accusing reaction was published on the romaniatv.net website. strong.

In the article entitled “QED The official position of the Romanian television in the case of Julia Marin (journalist who committed suicide) and Catalin Tolontan – Libertatea (the editor-in-chief who familiarized herself with the labor law and the decision of Julia Marin’s doctor)” signed by Alina Kostake, in the article , posted on the online television platform, talks about the medical problems of the deceased journalist and blames the editorial office of Libertatea. along with Katalin Tolontan that he helped her “kill herself”.

• Delusional reaction to RomaniaTV.net after TV misses: “Complaint to CNA and petition signed by Sorosist cadres aimed at censoring Viktor Chutaku”

The article, written in a very aggressive tone, in an informal form with repetition of punctuation marks and full of personal assessments, claims that “The scandal started by Tolontan and the editors of Libertatea!!! (we don’t think that all journalists there support Tolontan) had only one goal: to block the investigation of Viktor Chutaka, hiding the legal and moral responsibility of the editor-in-chief Katalin Tolontan.”