CRO. TV EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ON WHY TALK SHOW DID NOT AIR LAST NIGHT

ZAGREB, Feb 19 (Hina) - The Croatian Television on Monday evening said the "Latinica" talk show which should have discussed if Croatia needed a law against the Ustasha ideology, which was to air Monday night, did not air due to unprofessional and irresponsible author's report with explicit political evaluations and judgements. The Croatian Television editor-in-chief, Jasna Ulaga Valic, said the editor of entertainment programme, Velimir Djuretic, received the show for a review in duration of 114 minutes (whereas the approved time for the show is 90 minutes)some time after noon on Monday. Djuretic informed Ulaga Valic around 2:30PM on Monday he had serious objections to parts of the show, primarily to a report by Elizabeta Penic, entitled "Croatien lager", in which she says "...six decades after (Auschwitz, Jasenovac), infamous Tudjman's regime, in lack of good paths of historical reality, proved concentrations camp still appeared as a lovely solution to minority issues". "The code of journalism does not allow a journalist to state own explicit political assessments and judgements, but, based on objective information, enable the viewers to create their own standpoints", the statement read. Ulaga Valic said "the next unprofessional approach and author's irresponsibility was obvious in pictures of unidentified camp and detainees which suggest that concentration camp in Tudjman's regime appeared as a lovely solution to minority issues". The statement read Ulaga Valic asked Denis Latin, the author of the show, to come for talks while there was still time to make certain changes in the report, but Latin, unfortunately did not respond. Latin said yesterday he "had not been informed about this". (hina) np