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Posts Tagged ‘ Olli Immonen ’

Does PS MP Olli Immonen have any idea what Finnish culture is?

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April 23, 2013
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There’s a three-part story published on Suomen Kuvalehti with Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Olli Immonen, who states why postmodern movies, or those that don’t strengthen Finnish national identity, shouldn’t be funded by the state. Immonen was elected the new president of Suomen Sisu, an extremist association that discourages white Finns from marrying foreigners.  Suomen Kuvalehti...
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YLE now ensures that it will be easier to distinguish news from opinion pieces

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April 3, 2013
YLE now ensures that it will be easier to distinguish news from opinion pieces

Migrant Tales has received an email from YLE regional and radio current affairs director, Teijo Valtanen, ensuring that the broadcaster will make sure that the blog entries of MPs published Fridays are clearly separated from news.  If we look at the opinion piece by Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Olli Immonen, which was published on Friday,...
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How ideologically similar is Suomen Sisu to the Ku Klux Klan and U.S. American Nazi Party?

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March 25, 2013
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While some may claim the headline to be provocative, it’s not too far off the mark. With what we already know about Suomen Sisu, is there a potential that it could evolve into a Finnish version of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and U.S. American Nazi Party? Absolutely.  You can read about Suomen Sisu’s (in...
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YLE ensures that opinion pieces and news will be easily identifiable in the future

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March 24, 2013

YLE emailed a Migrant Tales reader, who expressed concern Friday about an opinion piece written as news by Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Olli Immonen. It was an odd coincidence that Immonen’s opinion piece was published in such a manner, considering that the PS MP is the new chairman of Suomen Sisu, a far right anti-immigration...
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Cultural diversity: The key question that should have been asked on YLE’s A-Studio talk show

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March 15, 2013
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YLE A-Studio had an interesting debate with Perussuomalaisiet (PS) MPs Olli Immonen, Jussi Halla-aho, Left Alliance Helsinki city councilman Dan Koivulaakso and Swedish-language daily HBL journalist Marianne Lydén. Despite assurances by Immonen, Suomen Sisu’s new president, that  the extremist anti-immigration association is against racism, they should their same colors by reinforcing over and over again...
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