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Published Online: Mar 13, 2020
Page range: 61 - 74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0104
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Examples of Shaming in Episodes of Uppdrag granskning
| Local politicians in Malmö are escorted to unfit lodgings for immigrants and faced with the heinous living conditions for which they are responsible, and meet the people who suffer from them – UG 020507 | |
| A CEO responsible for negligence in face of reports of the danger of asbestos at his factory is filmed at a distance when standing on his balcony in Spain after the team has tried unsuccessfully to get an interview. During the footage the speaker relates his luxurious tastes. UG 010418 | |
| A scene portraying ridiculous policemen failing to solve an obvious case in an episode of “Pippi Longstocking” illustrates police inadequacy in solving crime in their own facilities. UG 110831 | |
| Omissions to check potable water and to inform citizens are compared to how much better the Danish authorities handle similar situations. UG 021217 |
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| To illustrate the Swedish Church’s possession of stocks in the porn and the weapons industry, a cut from a porn movie is voiced over by the slogan from the Church’s ad-campaign “Are you looking in the right place? The Swedish Church!” and a cut from a youth Church choir is cross-cut with footage of fired missiles and wounded children. UG 011127 | |
| A head-master of a private school explains why he actively sifts out children he considers a social liability. UG 131030 | |
| Politicians expressing their official stand on immigration are cross-cut with their racist slur before a hidden camera. UG 020910 | |
| An interview with a representative of a pharma-ceutical company is cross cut with a radio interview in which he contradicts himself. UG 011009 | |
| A Social Worker desperately trying to find reference to an expert statement on which she has based a decision to take child custody from handicapped parents. UG 021210 | |
| A politician trying to explain the disastrous housing situation in Stockholm is interrupted with: “Bla, bla, bla – what you say is baloney, you are just talking – but you are doing nothing”. UG 020319 | |
| A politician is commenting on the shortcomings of a political rival – half way through she is confronted with her party’s support of that politician on the very issue she is criticizing. UG 050308 |