The issue of boundaries between criticism, journalism, slander, legal action and due SLAPP lawsuits is at the forefront.
Hypocrisy in the land of the gray orange, well and truly on! On the occasion of the “angry” reaction Dudonis to some journalistic questions posed to him by the journalist Vassilis Chiotis, let us also pose a (rhetorical) question: When Gregoris Dimitriadis sends out-of-court letters and sues journalists because he believes he is being slandered then it is SLAPP and when PASOK Panagiotis Doudonis sends letters of apology to journalists then it’s just Saturday;
Chiotis-Doudonis dispute
The sending of a letter of apology by MP Panagiotis Doudonis to SKAI journalist Vasilis Chiotis, on the occasion of public reports and commentary on OPEKEPE, triggered a new cycle of reactions in the media and social media, opening a wider discussion on whether political reactions to journalistic speech can be considered a legitimate institutional reaction or a form of pressure.
The lawsuit and lawsuit sent to him by PASOK MP Panagiotis Doudonis was made public by journalist and director of the SKAI radio station Vassilis Chiotis.
In fact, in his social media comment, Chiotis, who is from Lesvos like Pan. Dudonis, wrote mockingly: “As we say on our island, “there goes he, he burned his little field…”
Specifically, Vassilis Chiotis posted the out-of-court letter sent to him by Panagiotis Doudonis – “there goes he, he burned his little field…”
He even commented ironically by showing the excerpt of the out-of-court letter: “A calm voice in the new generation of politicians. No persecution complexes.”
