Live Blog – Roy
Round 1
Press release Zembla: VW and CO-fixing is topic of the next broadcast
Minister: no action yet
Jitske: prepare Kamervragen aan Minister
Henk: no action yet
Volkswagen: no action yet
Mainstream media: ‘Volkswagen is evil’, according to Zembla, questions for Minister, Volkswagen and scientist
GEENSTIJL: no action yet
Round 2
Mainstream media: runs story on scientist: CO is harmless, Volkswagen denies ‘it is not true’, and reiterate CO is harmless, run story on Kamervragen, asks Minister ‘no crisis plan from Minister!’
Minister: ‘if accusations are correct > serious, will look into it’
Mainstream media: ‘Minister unaware of crisis’
GEENSTIJL: ‘Typical bullshit by Zembla, technical scientist confirms!’
Round 3
Police: ‘student killed himself with a VW, CO-poisoned himself; room mates are shocked’
Mainstream media: runs a story on this. Asks questions to medical specialist, they do not want to reply. Asks questions to VW: ‘you said CO was harmless, but look at this! You killed somebody, how do you feel?’ Runs story on regrets VW
Jitske: approaches Mainstream media for exclusive interview to complain about Minister
Mainstream media asks response from minister.
Friso/Zembla: full throttle on social media!
VW: ‘tragic for the student and family. We put money on suicide prevention lines.’
Minister: get a committee to look into this, try to get it in one month
GEENSTIJL: social media, ‘stop car bashing’, continue against Zembla
Scientist: no action
Round 4
Secret info leaked to Jitske: scientist has ties to VW, and was paid 20.000 for lecture
Jitske leaks to mainstream media
Scientist: yes, did that, but does not interfere
Volkswagen to mainstream media: yes, but justifiable
Zembla: on a roll
Volkswagen: sitting still, sweaty
GEENSTIJL:
Round 5
Secret source to GEENSTIJL: Jitske (GroenLinks) drives an old VW, does not take the train… > Jitske Hoerenhuis
Rutger goes to Jitske for interview: Jitske tries to justify, but why not a clean car?
Jitske dives
Mainstream media: passes on this issue
Volkswagen: puts more advertising up
Friso/Zembla: sitting pretty
** hint to VW, they pass it on low-key on to mainstream media: Friso spend time in jail in Germany violence at protest Greenpeace.
Mainstream media first decides to check background Friso, is verified, now go to Friso (check first this time, in stead of running immediately?)
Friso: ‘I was there, but did nothing wrong/it was a good cause’ plus attack accuser
Mainstream media: Friso accuses VW of slander (carefully?) and Friso is left car basher
GEENSTIJL: Friso van Klageren linkse hobbyistische huillie-huillie
Scientist: no action
Jitske RTs VW slander story
Round 6
Secret tip to Zembla: GEENSTIJL got 250.000 euro’s – badly needed – advertising money
Zembla sends out press release
GEENSTIJL: full throttle defensive attack, ‘just jealous’…
Mainstream media: nothing on this one
Jitske: RT bashing GEENSTIJL
GEENSTIJL strikes back at Hoerenhuis: ‘zou u haar doen?’
Minister: sitting quietly in the background
Round 7
Columnists are acting up: GEENSTIJL is not friendly…
Mainstream media: run the story
GEENSTIJL: attack again
Mainstream media: confronts VW with ads GEENSTIJL
VW: that is peanuts, it’s just what they do at GEENSTIJL
Mainstream media rus polls on VW (popularity down, especially with women) and GEENSTIJL
Jitske RTs
Zembla RTs
GEENSTIJL ignores issue, does nothing to upset advertisers (VW) further
Round 8
Secret tip for Mainstream media: Jitske H. had an affair with spokesperson Minister, he broke up and now resentment…
Mainstream media: not running (yet) but questions out to Minister and Jitske
Volkswagen: press release we have a new PR-person, we’re stopping campaign on GEENSTIJL, and own research: most economical cars in the business
Mainstream media: interview CEO with top level media outlet
GEENSTIJL: does nothing
Round 9
Interview with CEO mainstream media is published – nice damage control
GEENSTIJL gets new info: movie clip about Loulou, drag queen, resembling Bernd Obermacher VW
GEENSTIJL puts it on Dumpert
VW: thinking about it…
New secret tip to mainstream media: Minister has secret deal to become CEO of NedCar which will produce for VW in NL
VW denies drag queen stuff!
Mainstream media ignores Obermacher case, although Nu.nl: ‘there is a lot of fuss’.
Mainstream media runs story on Minister, asks questions to NedCar/VW and Minister (why such a slow response from her?)
Volkswagen: dives
Jitske: Kamervragen
GEENSTIJL makes Minister an offer to help her out, in exchange for advertising NedCar
Zembla runs story