Are farmers right in saying that wastewater also bears responsibility for oxygen depletion and fish deaths in Danish water? A new documentary tries to answer that question. But several experts say it does a very poor job.
DR documentary draws sharp criticism for siding with agriculture
Farmer Henrik Wolff-Sneedorff rummages through one of the streams that, among other things, fills with feces and toilet paper when wastewater overflows. Pressefoto: BBC Studios Nordic Production
Lektor i medieret på Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole sammenligner DR-dokumentaren ’Balladen om det beskidte vand’ med den stærkt kritiserede dokumentar ’Grønlands hvide guld’, som DR endte med at afpublicere i februar 2025, fordi den var misvisende.
»Hvor meget medløb kan DR give en radikal mindretalsdagsorden, uden at DR selv belaster sin troværdighed?«, siger han efter at have set dokumentaren.
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