Jan Slagter seriously questions Aïcha Marghadi’s story about the work culture at NOS Sport. “I have a hard time believing that it really happened. I say that very honestly.”
Aïcha Marghadi told her story in Beau van Erven Dorens’ talk show about how she experienced the working atmosphere at NOS Sport. She did not have much news, because she has already told extensively about her experiences with Jack van Gelder and Tom Egbers in the Volkskrant. The only news is that more dirt about Jack seems to be on its way.
Jan critical
During her story, Aïcha became emotional several times. She indicated that she ‘can’t remember a day’ when she wasn’t ‘frustrated or crying’ at editor-in-chief Maarten Nooter’s office. “I can not imagine it. I really can’t imagine,” Omroep MAX boss Jan Slagter responds in the talk show HLF8.
That is very strange, says Jan. “If someone comes to my desk every day and complains about racism, humiliation and I don’t know what, then you take action, then you do something. Then you walk into the editorial office and say: what is going on here? This… I like this… Well, well, she says it.”
Questioning
Jan does not believe Aïcha. “I don’t question it, but I do have a hard time believing that it really happened. I say that very honestly.”
In other words: Jan questions Aïcha. Presenter Sam Hagens: “What are you basing that on? The tricky thing is that it is one story against another.”
Jan: “Yes, that’s it, and no one was there, but the fact that the editor-in-chief, Nooter, did nothing and just let it happen. If someone is at your desk every day!”
Wolter Kroes also thinks that’s strange: “Yes, then you’re resigning, aren’t you?”
get grams
Jan thinks there is something else behind it. “She said nothing new compared to what was in the Volkskrant, only she wanted to get her point, I think, because both Egbers and Jack van Gelder have said something about it.”
Fellow guest Wim Daniëls corrects him. “I don’t think it’s a good choice of words to get her gram. I think it’s right that she was there. She thought that those two people, Jack van Gelder and Tom Egbers, considered themselves a bit of a victim of the whole, while she is the victim of the whole.”
Wolter: “If it’s all true, huh?”
Wim: “That is of course true, but she is perfectly within her right to sit there and tell her side.”
Wrong joke
Johan Derksen also has doubts, he says Inside today. “When she left there, she went to Ziggo and Jack van Gelder was already there. She didn’t think that was a problem at all. And now ‘come and sit in the bath’ is a problem.”
Colleague Wilfred Genee: “That didn’t go entirely smoothly at Ziggo, I understand, between those two. Ultimately not.”
René van der Gijp: “I don’t have much trouble with those people telling their story. It is ultimately their story and I am listening to it. But how far do you want to go? Do you want to banish excesses or do you want to banish a bad joke? If you want to go very far, make sure that men and women work separately. Then you’re done.”
Brother Mustafa
Aïcha’s brother Mustafa Marghadi also works for NOS. Table guest Rutger Castricum: “He once drew the racism card because he did not enter a club. It was then proven that this was not due to racism and then he was promoted abroad. Also a crazy story.”
Johan: “A bit of a crazy family.”