The World Cup hasn’t started yet, but the atmosphere in Qatar already looks tense. Journalist for the Danish channel TV2, Rasmus Tantholdt travels to the emirate to convey news about the controversial Qatar World Cup. While the special envoy was performing a live duplex, he was interrupted by security guards who came ashore violently to fire him. Far from being impressed, Rasmus Tantholdt underlines his accreditation and says: “Why can’t we shoot, it’s a public square“and a security guard wouldn’t hesitate to use force to stop the shooting.”You can break the camera. Do you want to break it? Let me see you‘ says the Danish journalist in a stern tone.
Faced with this real bad buzz that is gaining more and more momentum in Qatar, the leaders of the emirate apologized to Rasmus Tantholdt, as he stated on Twitter:We have just received an apology from the Qatar International Media Office and the Qatar High Committee. This is what happened today when we were broadcasting live from an intersection in Doha. But will this happen to other media as well?“, the journalist wonders, reposting the excerpt where he was threatened. Qatar’s high committee for its part “error“via a press release:”Following the team’s valid accreditation and review of the shooting permit, field security issued an apology from the broadcaster before the team resumed their activities.“Despite these apologies, Ramus Tantholdt immediately condemned the Qatari regime in an interview with the Norwegian channel. NRK The journalist reacted to his misfortune: “We can say that these agents misunderstood the situation, but what happened in Qatar says a lot. When you report as the media, you may be attacked and threatened there. It is not a free and democratic country.“
We have now received an apology from the Qatar International Media Office and the Qatar High Committee.
This is what happened while we were broadcasting live. @tv2nyhederne at a roundabout in Doha today. But will it happen to other media as well? #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/NSJj50kLql— Rasmus Tantholdt TV2 (@RasmusTantholdt) 15 November 2022
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Source: Programme Television
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