NU.nl is deeply concerned because it published an article reporting the death of Nelly Frijda. However, the actress is still alive. “This should never have happened.”
It was quite a shock this afternoon: NU.nl posted an article about the death of Flodder actress Nelly Frijda and pushed it on everything social. ‘Video | Nelly Frijda passed away: see how she played the iconic Ma Flodder’, one could read, for example. This message was soon taken over and shared, but then NU.nl deleted it again.
NU.nl says sorry
NU.nl editor-in-chief Lindsay Mossink is now digging deep. “This production was not intended for publication. 89-year-old Frijda is still alive. Of course, this should never have happened. We hereby offer our sincere apologies,” let them know.
She continues: “We always prepare ourselves in our editorial office. This means that we are sometimes already working on the death of someone who is still alive. With an obituary, whether in text or image, we have a last chance to tell who this person was.”
Respectfully
Those kinds of pieces are always written well in advance, Linday explains. “But we also know: you must deal with death with respect. We find it extremely annoying that this has now gone wrong.”
NU.nl is now getting a slap on the fingers from juicekanaal Juice Channel. “This really is one next level mistake of a site like NU.nl, someone is simply declared dead. They go after Boulevard, they also have a hand in that.”