site.btaBTA Director General Valchev Urges Media to Respect Ethical Relations

Media in Bulgaria should consider their ethical relations with one another, Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev said on Tuesday. He was speaking at the opening of a forum on journalists, media and the Code of Ethics at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.

Valchev drew attention to the bad practice in Bulgarian media in how they treat one another, pointing to the lack of citation in media outlets. He gave as an example the way news is circulated without naming its source.

“The biggest victims of this attitude are journalists from Bulgarian National Radio and Bulgarian National Television,” Valchev said. Valchev said private media treat one another in the same way as they treat public service media.

“What is the problem with respecting each other’s work? We do it at BTA and nothing bad has happened to us,” Valchev said. “It would be good to consider the ethical relations among ourselves in the media.”