In the wake of what has been made public in the last hours regarding an executive of RIK, who interfered in the noon broadcast of the state channel, leading the presenter Dinos Finikaridis to resign from the state channel's show, was mentioned by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of RIK, Michael Michael Michael.
Specifically, in an intervention in the show "From Day to Day", Mr. Michael said that there will be a thorough discussion, "after we requested a report of facts from the Director General, in the afternoon session of the Board of Directors," clarifying that today's meeting is postponed from yesterday.
He then clarified "the RIC does not accept interference from any third party", and explained: that "the RIC has its procedures, it has its directors, it has its reputable journalists... and I say with confidence that they are the best in the business".
"From there," Michael continued, "I have to say that this particular issue was a matter of internal consultation. Which seems to have not been respected in this particular case. We have a reputable excellent journalist, Dinos Finikaridis, who does excellent work, he had a procedure with Kostis Efstathiou, the news director had another consultation and it seems that the two of them did not communicate properly with each other."
He stressed that "there was no intention to cut Kostis Efstathiou from what he had to say. He is one of the MPs with the most appearances on the show. We had no reason, from here at the Rick, to deprive him of what he had to say, hence he was on Monday's show."
Addressing Paris Potamitis, he also said that "you journalists all have the freedom to do what you want and if you receive interference you can come out and say it in public."
At the same time, Michael pointed out that "yesterday and today too much was written. They contained too many exaggerations, everyone was drawing conclusions from what they had heard. None of the people involved said what happened, neither Dinos nor John Nicolaou. I want to make a submission," while introducing: "political figures should be erased from journalists' phones. Journalists know how to do their job and when journalists want to, journalists can call them for statements or anything else. Let journalists be contacted to get the information from someone."
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