Format | Online newspaper |
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Editor | Maria Zähler |
Founded | 28 August 2017 |
Political alignment | None |
Language | Norwegian |
Website | https://www.resett.no |
Resett, also known as Resett.no, was a Norwegian online newspaper, which published news and op-ed content. The website was launched in 2017 with Helge Lurås as editor-in-chief. Resett aimed to "present cases from a different angle than established mass media, and to cover news that other media do not want to cover". [1] The newspaper closed operations in December 2022. [2]
In July 2018, the newspaper claimed around 30,000 unique readers per day. [3]
In June 2022, Maria Zähler became the editor-in-chief after Helge Lurås. [4] When she was appointed, she declared that she wants to make Resett to "a center-right, realpolitik newspaper, with common sense as a guiding principle" and "to establish a decent newspaper on the right of Norwegian center". [5] Maria Zähler is transgender, and has written about her transgender experience. [6]
In October 2022, Resett was bought by the Norwegian investor Petter Inge Remøy. Remøy stated that he wanted to save the economically challenged newspaper so that it can produce honest journalism. [7]
Before Resett was established, Editor-in-chief Helge Lurås was a critic of Norwegian military campaigns abroad. [8] His scepticism is also expressed in Resett in their published analysis of NRK's coverage of the civil war in Libya. [9]
Resett states that it follows the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press, but its application for membership in the established media organizations in Norway has been rejected. [10] [11]
Political commentators in Dagsavisen and Dagbladet have argued that Resett routinely violates the Ethical Code of Practice, and that Resett must therefore be considered a political campaign and not a newspaper. A research report analyzing articles and comments in Resett found no clear violations of the Ethical Code of Practice. [12]
In 2018, Resett published the "Grande" case; the female head of the Venstre political party reportedly had sex with an underage person at a wedding. Disclosing the name of a female perpetrator in a MeToo-related case was controversial at the time. Later, other newspapers also covered the case. [13] [14] The editor-in-chief, Helge Lurås, also conveyed an offer of payment for the young man to step forward. The monetary offer was criticized as a breech of ethics. [15]
Resett skulle endevende Norge. Fem år senere er de involverte mest opptatt med å filleriste hverandre.
Kort tid etter ho starta bloggen, vart ho plukka opp av den omdiskuterte nettavisa Resett. Der er ho i dag vaktsjef og skribent, og har også skrive om det å vere trans.
Politikerne i Norge fatter sine beslutninger bl.a. på hva norske medier sier (og ikke sier) og da særlig NRK/Dagsrevyen. Og ensrettingen i de største norske/vestlige mediene var så og si totalt til fordel for opprørerne og NATO/Norges kommende intervensjon, en intervensjon som viste seg å bli katastrofal.
Helge Lurås mener seg fanget i et slags «Catch 22»: – Fordi vi ikke er medlem av Redaktørforeningen, får vi heller ikke mulighet til å forsvare oss mot anklager om brudd på Vær varsom-plakaten, sier Lurås.
«Vi har gått gjennom samtlige saker, og finner ingen som synes å være klare brudd på VVP», står det blant annet i undersøkelsen av Resett, som er utført av professor Paul Bjerke og førsteamanuensis Idar Flo ved Høgskulen i Volda, samt professor Birgitte Kjos Fonn ved Oslo Met.