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Document.no is a Norwegian website, which describes itself as a "blog on politics, public debate, media criticism and culture." The website holds anti-Islam,[1][2] anti-immigration[3] and pro-Israel[4] positions. The National Library of Norway classifies document.no under "current periodicals," and as focusing on culture, politics and political science.[5] The website was founded on 14 January 2003, and is owned and published by the limited company with the same name. The blog received global media attention in July 2011 due to admitted[6] terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.[7][8][9] According to the Financial Times, document.no is "a website rife with anti-Muslim and hard right rhetoric."[10] The Vancouver Sun describes it as "a far-right web forum" that is "dominated by Islamophobic and anti-immigration commentary".[11] The website's founder and editor is Hans Rustad.[12]

Reception

Aftenposten described it in 2009 as "an Islam-critical and Israel-friendly, so-called blue-blog".[4] The Norwegian conservative Muslim commentator Mohammad Usman Rana has called document.no "a right-wing populist and Muslimphobic interest group".[13] Helge Øgrim, editor of Journalisten, the journal of the Norwegian Union of Journalists, described document.no in 2011 as an "anti-immigrant forum which has evolved into a hotbed of galloping Islamophobia."[14] Before July 2011, the website already reached an audience of up to 40,000 unique visitors every week.[15]

Yvonne Rundberg Savosnick, the former chairman of the Norwegian Union of Jewish Students, cited the website in an 2009 interview with student newspaper at the University of Oslo Universitas. In the article titled "Curriculum" she was asked to suggest three websites that she would recommend be on the curriculum of every student. After stating that she did not agree for one curriculum for all she suggested the website as one of three picks as although she rarely agreed with everything on the site, it gave a critical view of the Norwegian press.[16]

Impact

In 2009 the website was cited by Dagbladet as the main player, when for the first time in Norwegian history, "bloggers" was credited for successfully setting the national political agenda. Rustad had on a daily basis criticized a governmental proposed extension of § 185 with regards to "hate speech so that the provision protects the need for a criminal law protection against qualified attack on religions and belief." The proposed bill was met with nearly no exposure in the mainstream media, until close to a month later, although it had been criticizised as an attack on democracy in Danish newspapers. Eventually the bill became criticized as attacking freedom of speech, and an online petition against it was supported by numerous notable figures in Norway. In the end, the government pulled the proposal back.[17]

Links to admitted terrorist

Anders Behring Breivik, the admitted[6] perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, reportedly posted numerous posts on Document.no and praised the blog owner.[18] According to the BBC, "Anders Behring Breivik left racist, extremist right-wing comments along with fellow anti-Muslims" on the site.[7] However, according to Janne Kristiansen, Chief of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), Breivik "deliberately desisted from violent exhortations on the net [and] has more or less been a moderate, and has neither been part of any extremist network."[19] He also attended meetings of "Documents venner" (Friends of Document), affiliated with the website.[20] Breivik sought to start a Norwegian version of the Tea Party movement in cooperation with the owners of document.no, who initially expressed interest but ultimately turned down his proposal because he did not have the contacts he promised.[18] When Breivik was named as the arrested, the website became unreachable due to an extreme increase in traffic.[21] The blog owner distanced himself from the terrorist attack.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Terror in Norwegen - Das Netzwerk der Hass-Blogger". Der Standard. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Norvège: Anders Behring Breivik aurait copié-collé des textes de Kaczynski, dit Unabomber". Slate.fr. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.information.dk/274168
  4. ^ a b Henmo, Ola (20 February 2009). "Dynamittgubben". Aftenposten, A-magasinet (in Template:No icon). p. 20. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ "Document.no : politisk analyse, kulturdebatt, mediekritikk" (in Norwegian). National Library of Norway. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Norway suspect admits responsibility". Sky News. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  7. ^ a b Goril, Liss (11 September 2001). "BBC News - Viewpoint: Attacks strike at Norway's values". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  8. ^ Frank Patalong (25 July 2011). "Blogging Hate: Anders Breivik's Roots in Right-Wing Populism". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  9. ^ Will Englund; Michael Birnbaum (23 July 2011). "Suspect in Norway attacks admits involvement, denies responsibility". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  10. ^ Andrew Ward; Robin Wigglesworth (25 July 2011). "Killings sure to stir immigration debate‎". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  11. ^ Peter O'Neil (27 July 2011). "Expert says he confronted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik about his views". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  12. ^ http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article4184153.ece
  13. ^ Brandvold, Åse (13 March 2009). "– Bare Frp som vinner". Klassekampen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  14. ^ "Retter krass kritikk mot nettsted". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  15. ^ Nipen, Kjersti (23 July 2011). "- Han ville organisere det nasjonalkonservative Norge". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  16. ^ "Pensum". Universitas (in Norwegian). 21 January 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  17. ^ Thorenfeldt, Gunnar (4 February 2009). "Bloggere senket regjeringens blasfemi-forslag". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  18. ^ a b c NTB. "Tungt å bli rost av den terrorsiktede". DN.no. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  19. ^ http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10080771
  20. ^ "Som en liten gutt". bt.no. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Document.no nede for telling". fvn.no. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

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