Humberto Tan finds it extremely inconvenient that Janke Dekker reacts so defensively to the revelations about her husband Tom Egbers. “If I were her, I wouldn’t.”
Incredible but true: despite her job as chairman of Mores, the reporting center for misconduct in the media, Janke Dekker openly questions the Volkskrant investigation into abuses at the NOS. The reason? Her husband Tom Egbers plays a leading role in it. And then Janke would rather listen to her husband than to the victims.
Humberto critical
Janke says she doubts whether de Volkskrant is ‘operating openly and objectively’. Very clumsy, Humberto Tan thinks. The presenter, who was a NOS face for years, says in his talk show on RTL 4: “If I were Janke, I wouldn’t do that, because it’s 32 testimonials.”
He continues: “I have spoken to people who recognize themselves in the image, I also recognize myself in the image. I would not appeal to the objectivity of the piece, because that piece is what a lot of people recognize. Apart from that: adversity has been applied, because Jack has responded, Tom has responded. What should they do more?”
‘bit strange’
It creates suspicion that both Janke and the Mores reporting center now no longer want to comment. It raises the question of who exactly Mores wants to protect: the front woman or victims of media misconduct?
Bridget Maasland says in RTL Boulevard: “He suddenly no longer cares. That is quite a bit strange.”
Colleague Rob Goossens: “Very dubious. So if you as a woman are not there for other women and are the chairperson of a hotline, then you make yourself so impossible that she must leave that hotline in any case.”
Unreachable
Patty Brard finds this Janke very questionable to operate. She says in Shownieuws: “Then you know that your husband behaved this way towards this intern. After that you will take this job and then you will also say: ‘If anything ever comes up, I will leave immediately.’”
Colleague Bart Ettekoven: “De Volkskrant spoke to 32 people. I think it’s a good story when I read it like this.”
Dyantha Brooks: “Can we also say that this whole hotline loses its credibility?”
Patty: “In any case, you can no longer reach the hotline.”
Consequences
Back to Humberto: he is not surprised by the revelations of de Volkskrant. “When I read this and I heard about all the reports that have been made that have not been acted upon; I just don’t understand that. It is a culture that is not of today. I’ve been gone since 2006. It’s a culture I recognize from back then.”
He concludes: “I just put my hand in the fire for a lot of colleagues, but not for some. Certainly not. Tom has responded. I hope he comes out personally, it’s not all right of course. It has consequences, it has consequences this.”