TV 2's viewer editor gets external help when hoax program is to be investigated
DR's former listener and viewer editor Jesper Termansen will assist when TV 2's program 'Alle elsker Rasmus' is to be investigated.
Rasmus Wallbridge was tricked in the program 'Alle elsker Rasmus'. (Photo: © Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix)
By August Olaf Jersild ([email protected]) 36 minutes ago
TV 2's viewer editor, Lars Bennike, is getting a couple of external helping hands when the hoax program 'Alle elsker Rasmus' is to be investigated.
This is what Lars Bennike says to Ritzau, which reports that he is getting help from DR's former listener and viewer editor Jesper Termansen.
"I am very happy about that, because there is an overwhelming amount of work ahead, and it needs to be completed within a reasonable timeframe, so that people don't have to speculate for months about what the investigation might reveal," he says.
Lars Bennike also states that he intends to reach out to Rasmus Wallbridge, who was the unsuspecting main character in the program.
"He is one of the first I will try to contact to hear his version of how he experienced the process," he says to Ritzau.
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Sound clips were reused
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Over the weekend, the program was removed from TV 2's streaming platform after several days of massive criticism from various quarters, accusing the program of being adult bullying, psychological torture, and gaslighting.
Since then, TV 2 has also confirmed that in the final episode, where the hoax is revealed to Rasmus Wallbridge, an extra laugh was edited into the scene – which sounds identical to another laugh.
TV 2 announced that it would now scrutinize the program.
"We must now get to the bottom of the mistakes that have clearly been made in the process of the series. Legitimate criticism has been raised against TV 2 on several fronts, and we naturally take that criticism to heart."
"The series should not have been made and therefore should never have been released," stated TV 2's content director, Ulla Pors, to Ritzau.
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