Jack van Gelder is pretty pissed off for an article that the NOS has written about the death of Dieuwertje Blok. “I think it’s really outrageous. Nonsense! ”, It sounds.
The death of Dieuwertje Blok touches many people in the country because she was an important part of the beloved Sinterklaas party. As a presenter of the Sinterklaas journal, she entered many living rooms every year and was embraced by young and old. Unfortunately she died yesterday at the age of 67 from the effects of cancer.
Jerry speaking
Just like all other news media, the NOS has paid a lot of attention to the death. “Nobody could ignore Dieuwertje’s warmth and familiarity,” is the head of their article. Then: “Colleagues and friends respond with sadness to the death of presenter Dieuwertje Blok.”
One of the people who speak is Jerry Afriyie, foreman of the Kick Out Zwarte Piet action group. He saw a supporter in Dieuwertje in the change of Zwarte Piet. “In the fight against the racist caricature Zwarte Piet, she made her progressive insight in 2015 and became more and more a supporter in the following years.”
A TV icon
Jerry praises the presenter and finds it annoying to hear that she has now died. “Dieuwertje Blok is not only a TV icon, she was also a warm person who rarely abandoned fellow people.”
So Jack van Gelder is quite pissed off about this. He retweeted the opinion of Etiènne Zwinkels, communication officer of the Haagse VVD. He says X: “I think it is really outrageous that the NOS in a death article by Dieuwertje Blok gives room to a political statement by Kick Out Zwarte Piet. Unnecessary, unnecessary and absurd. ”
Guido once
Story boss Guido den attracter, who is in the same conservative corner as Jack, agrees. He endorses the opinion of Etiènne and Brekiest: “Activism of tax money.”
One Jutta throws against: “beating the news means that you name facts, not just the facts that you like the most. Leaving off unwelcome facts, that’s just censorship. “