Ferry Doedens is complete down the drain and this is extensively depicted in a three-part documentary on Amazon Prime. The question is: isn’t it unethical and immoral to broadcast it?
Although he has himself to blame, it remains sad that Ferry Doedens has suffered such an extreme decline in life. His current, worrying condition can be seen by the entire country in a three-part documentary that can be seen on the streaming service Amazon Prime. We see a patient, an addict. But one without treatment.
‘Off the tube!’
Gordon, who knows Ferry well, thinks it is unprecedented. He confronted Kaja Wolffers, the boss of Amazon Prime in our country, about it. “This deeply sad document about Ferry Doedens should never have been broadcast,” he says in an app to the TV bobo. “It is really far below standard how the maker worked here.”
He reads in his morning show on Radio 10: “As a broadcaster you also have your responsibility and if this boy is no longer around in the foreseeable future or something happens to him, then you have contributed to this. If I were you, I would immediately take this series off the air.”
Happy ending
Kaja has no intention of doing that. “I personally believe that a documentary does not always have to have a happy ending, but I appreciate your feedback.”
What does Bram Moszkowicz think about it? He agrees Show news: “From a moral point of view, I understand what Gordon is saying, because you have to protect some people from themselves. It goes a bit too far for me, although I also understand that he is saying it, that he is saying: ‘If something happens to Doedens, then you have it on your conscience.’”
Signature
That is certainly not the case legally, according to Bram. “But morally that may be a point that you have to think about as makers, because things are not going well for that man. He may have formally signed a signature, but in his current condition could Doedens have an overview of what he was going to make and what the consequences are?”
Story boss Guido den Aantrekker: “Suppose Bram were to do something to himself – God forbid – would it be the case that family members or people close to him would take legal action against someone in this chain, whether it be the producer or someone else?”
Figure it out
In the Netherlands that is ‘very difficult’, Bram believes. “He will have signed it and then you have to find out whether he knew very well what he would do and what the consequences would be.”
He concludes: “I don’t think they have a case. Morally it’s all wrong, I think, but legally it is.”
