Lithuania’s LRT said that “controversial rhetoric” of Algis Ramanauskas damages its public image
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Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT has fired pro-Ukrainian right-wing TV host and blogger Algis Ramanauskas who suggested that Lithuanians who enjoy Russian culture should be shot.
In a statement on Sunday, the broadcaster said that Ramanauskas has been removed from the satirical political show Dviracio zinios, where he played one of the characters.
“The public broadcaster applies the highest ethical standards not only to its employees, but also to all show creators, presenters and actors, as their statements in the public space are often associated with LRT,” the channel said.
“The repeated controversial rhetoric of Ramanauskas in the public space is not compatible with these standards and damages the image of LRT. Therefore, his role in ‘Dviracio zinios’ has been given to a different actor,” the broadcaster said.
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