WEEKLY REJECTS CROATIAN JOURNALISTS ASSOC. STATEMENT

SPLIT, Jan 12 (Hina) - The editorial board of 'Nedjeljne Dalamatia' has responded to a statement yesterday from the Executive Committee of the Croatian Journalists Association (CJA) sparked by a piece in the weekly on January 6 titled 'The Media's Fifth Colony'. The weekly's editorial board rejects claims by the CJA that the article in question 'was an embarrassment to the author, the editorial board and journalist profession' and the assessment 'that such reporting methods were common between 1945 - 1990'. "Nedjeljne Dalmacia in the said article didn't 'attack' all foreign correspondents but drew attention to certain journalists who advocate Communist ideology and the restoration of Yugoslavia and who, in the opinion of our colleague (and he has the right to his opinion) , were wrongly reporting on the situation in Croatia," the editorial board of Nedjeljne Dalmatia stressed and added that the CJA 'shamefully opted to support several foreign journalists with doubtful reputations'. (hina) mar sd mms 121445 MET jan 95