RBC correspondent Anna Zakharova reported that she received threats from Anastasia Tatulova, the founder of the Anderson cafe chain, because of the statements she did not like in the article. Pyotr Kanaev, editor-in-chief of the RBC Unified Broadcasting Board, explained to socialbites.ca that in a conversation with the journalist, Tatulova used “insulting and threatening” expressions, although in his opinion they were wrong. The expressions were changed.
“I cannot be responsible for the statements that other media and Telegram channels use now – I am responsible for the work of the RBC editorial office, which means, among other things, the psychological and physical safety of my colleagues. On Friday evening, Anna reported that after the publication of an article based on Anastasia Tatulova’s comments, Anastasia Anatolyevna called her and expressed her indignation at the statements in several paragraphs of this text. The allegations were specifically raised with the statement “Anderson sold the cafe chain” because, according to him, he owned the brand and assets, not the chain. This statement has been corrected. “According to Anna, derogatory and threatening expressions were used during the meeting,” he said.
Kanaev considers threats against journalists “unacceptable”. He explained that he had sent a letter to Tatulova urging her to discuss business issues “in a respectful dialogue”.
“Today I sent a letter to Anastasia Tatulova, in which I stated that RBC strives for objectivity in the presentation of information, that we are ready to discuss working issues in a mutually respectful dialogue. But I, as chairman of RBC’s Unified Broadcasting Board, am always outraged by derogatory and threatening language directed at journalists. “I find these unacceptable and always take any threats regarding our professional activities seriously,” he emphasized.
November 25, RBC journalist Anna Zakharova published On his page on the VKontakte social network, information about threats against him by Anastasia Tatulova, the founder of the Anderson family cafe chain. According to Zakharova, the entrepreneur did not like “some statements” in the article about the sale of Anderson to Vkusville – he called the author and demanded correction of the text, otherwise he threatened to “strangle” the journalist.
Previously he was a journalist at socialbites.ca reached Threats after working on an article about the life is good pyramid.
Source: Gazeta
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