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The "Black Swan" Shakes Denmark Again
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New revelations about lawyer Amira Smajic in Danish TV2's documentary series "Black Swan" raise questions about the working methods of the Danish police. According to TV2, she has been spying on editorial staff on behalf of the police.
What kind of email was Amira Smajic supposed to have access to? And was it hacking? Here are the things we need to get answers to after the new episodes of 'The Black Swan'.
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation will broadcast new episodes of the Danish program 'Den sorte svane' tomorrow and next Friday. One of the main issues was when footage showed that she intended to use the name of a TV 2 journalist to pressure others. Also read: New episodes of ‘Black Swan’ on TV Amira tried to stop the broadcasts legally, but failed. Now we will go deeper into her cooperation with the police in the new parts. The ne…
The Independent Police Ombudsman (DUP) is launching an investigation into possible criminal conduct by the police following TV 2's new episode of "The Black Swan", which is about lawyer Amira Smajic.
Never seen beforeTV 2 writes that the TV station is not aware that the police should have had a court order. According to Frederik Waage, professor of administrative law at the University of Southern Denmark, it looks like "a very gross violation of journalists' freedom of expression." And former head of research in media law at the Danish School of Media and Journalism Oluf Jørgensen tells TV 2 that he has "never seen or heard of similar circum…
"The Black Swan" reveals police espionage against journalists In the original five episodes, Smajic showed Denmark's criminal underworld in the series. Last year, the documentary makers discovered that Smajic had also spied on them, writes NRK, which has produced the series together with Danish TV 2. This is the topic of two new special episodes, which the channels published on Wednesday morning. There, it is revealed that Smajic, among other t…
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