DR defends selection of controversial debate moderator on talent team

DR is aware that Harald Toksværd, who has been accepted into DR's Talent Program, has a "past as a provocative debater." However, this does not disqualify him.

Jonas Delfs, head of P3 and DR's Talent Program, told Berlingske.

The selection of Toksværd for the Talent Program has received criticism from among others Liberal Alliance's culture and social spokesperson Katrine Daugaard, who has called it "completely absurd" on the social platform X.

- Harald Toksværd is not just left-wing extremist. He has also celebrated political opponents' deaths and invented stories about police violence in the youth house.

- Is it really our common public service media worthy, she wrote on X.

28-year-old Harald Toksværd has made headlines with several controversial statements.

For example, in 2023, when chief economist in Cepos Mads Lundby Hansen died.

Here, Toksværd shared an article about the death on X and wrote, according to Berlingske: "gg, ez."

This is an expression known from the gaming community, used to express a light victory after a game. It stands for "good game, easy."

The post has since been deleted, writes Berlingske.

Jonas Delfs says about the post to the newspaper, that "DR of course does not stand behind it, but I also know that it is something he regrets and therefore also chose to delete the corresponding comment."

Delfs continues, that DR should not judge everything that Harald Toksværd has done in the past.

Toksværd himself does not wish to comment on the matter to Berlingske.

DR's Talent Program is a paid development program over two years at DR.

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