Radio Liberty journalist (Schema project) Maxim Shevchuk on the air of the Radio NV program stated that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church did not agree to his request to provide answers that should be used in the final version of the story that appeared. on the YouTube channel “Radio Liberty” on September 2, 2023. The Synodal Information and Education Department of the UOC reports that this information is not true.

“The Information and Educational Department of the UOC immediately on the day the journalistic request was received by e-mail, August 31, 2023, sent a response in which, if the editors of the “Schema” program agreed on the terms of cooperation on the basis determined by the legislation of Ukraine on the media, the department was obliged to ” provide her with comprehensive answers to the questions presented as soon as possible,” the UOC said.

The Synodal Department also emphasizes that no feedback was received from the editors of the Schema program.

According to the authors of the commentary, the editorial staff of Schemes did not need these answers, because a day later the specified story went on the air: “Most likely, at the time of sending the formal request for an interview, it had already been edited in exactly the style in which it was viewers saw, that is, without foreseeing the possibility of parity coverage of opposing points of view in order to achieve objectivity and avoid manipulation.