Soros, editor of the NOS: "This is not what it should have been"

"It was obviously wrong, that should not have been so, we should have done it differently," said Marcel Gelauff, editor-in-chief of NOS Nieuws. This is the article on the site of the NOS on billionaire and philanthropist American-Hungarian George Soros who caused Tuesday a lot of noise .

In the feature article of the NOS, the jubilant reactions of Soros' opponents were described on the explosive found Tuesday in the mailbox of his home in New York.

See also: "The long arm of George Soros Former students of his Budapest University terrorize authoritarian governments.

"Absurd Use of Words"

"George Soros: Influential Interference in Tentacles Far into World Politics" was the title of the message. One of the most criticized paragraphs was: "The Jew Soros supports organizations that openly criticize governments […] .This must stop, say the opponents." The characterization was meticulously consistent with Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda.

"This use of words is of course absurd," says Gelauff against NRC . He calls the article's appearance in this "very annoying" form.

Asked how the message might appear on the NOS website, he replied: "Someone writes the article, then the final edition takes place. And it does not. Was not this association. "Gelauff said the NOS wanted to show how Soros had been framed by his opponents but he understood that it could also be read differently.

In a press release, NOS calls the original title of the message "reckless and incorrect". After the criticism, the message was changed:

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Gelauff said. A discussion was also held on Tuesday and Wednesday. It indicates however that the method is not suitable. "You do not solve that with procedures, there are checks and balances, there is final editing, collegial consultation and discussion, sometimes it goes bad, it went badly wrong."

Current version of the article continues to be the subject of criticism. For example, in the third paragraph, a meme with conspiracy theories about Soros is mentioned in an obvious way and Soros is now called "self-proclaimed statesman without state", whereas it is from a statement from Orbán. Antecedents are often the target of conspiracy threats and theories. Among others, the Hungarian nationalist government of Orbán and US President Donald Trump have expressed negative opinions about it.