煙草在線據《煙業通訊》報道編譯　　瑞典火柴公司說，它沒有撒謊，也沒有改變其在關于前歐盟健康與消費者事務局局長辭職的會議上的說辭。

　　2012年的10月，就在歐盟健康與消費者事務局公布其對《煙草產品指令》進行的修改建議之后不久，約翰·達利就辭職了。

　　根據《今日馬耳他報》的一則報道說，透明度監督機構歐洲企業監察機構向透明度登記秘書處提交了一份針對瑞典火柴公司的投訴，稱其違反歐盟的游說者行為準則。歐洲企業監察機構提交的投訴還稱，瑞典火柴公司在關于“達利門”問題上向歐洲議會議員撒了謊。

　　據這則報道說，瑞典火柴公司的公共事務董事Johan Gabrielsson向綠黨歐洲議會議員José Bove承認，他所在的瑞典火柴公司被請求將有人顯然借撤銷關于禁止銷售瑞典火柴公司生產小鼻煙的法令，試圖向公司索賄一事，向歐洲議會議員提供誤導性的陳述。

　　當被問及這些指控時，瑞典火柴公司公共事務部的發言人Johan Wredberg在給《煙業通訊》的一份電子郵件中說，公司恪守與所有尋求這個事情真相的各利益相關方合作的承諾，歡迎并接受舉行會談的請求。Johan Wredberg說：“我們只能講述我們的親身體驗，而這個親身體驗，我們已經透明，而且始終如一地進行了溝通。”

　　Wredberg說，馬耳他的警方目前正在進行一項調查，而盡管公司方面真誠地給予合作，但公司與某些利益相關方分享的任何、所有的信息，都在對瑞典火柴公司而言目的不明的媒體行動中遭到了扭曲和利用。

　　Wredberg說，瑞典火柴公司沒有看到這樣的方法有什么益處，但卻發現它是一個可能會潛在阻礙司法進程的方法。

　　Wredberg補充說，瑞典火柴公司相信，一旦馬耳他警方的調查完成之后，關于所有這些事情的真相將會得到澄清。

評論：

　　媒體從根本上應是真實地、及時地反映世界新近變動的大眾傳播工具。權衡主義哲學認為，若要新聞報道盡可能客觀公正，媒體必須超越主權，媒體人必須超越主義。在“達利門”事件中，瑞典火柴指責媒體對它分享的信息進行了扭曲和利用，如果情況真是這樣，這樣的媒體顯然是在濫用話語權。媒體如果做不到真實報道，隨意捏造，那一定會誤導讀者，扭曲事情的進展，還會使媒體名譽盡毀。在信息快速傳播的今天，媒體更應保持客觀公正的態度，慎重扮演自己的角色，報道新聞時，一定要做到慎之又慎！

EU: Swedish Match Fires against Allegations It Lied, Altered 'Dalligate' Story

　　Swedish Match says that it has not lied nor altered its story during meetings about the resignation of the former EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs.

　　John Dalli resigned in October, shortly before the commission unveiled its proposed revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive.

　　According to a story in Malta Today, the transparency watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has submmitted a complaint to the transparency register secretariat against Swedish Match for allegedly violating the EU's code of conduct for lobbyists. The complaint by CEO alleges also that Swedish Match lied to MEPs about 'Dalligate'.

　　According to the story, Swedish Match's public affairs director Johan Gabrielsson admitted to Green MEP José Bove that his company was asked to tell MEPs a misleading version of events of an attempt to solicit a bribe from it, ostensibly to reverse an EU ban on the sale of snus, which Swedish Match produces.

　　Asked about these allegations, Johan Wredberg, a spokesperson with Swedish Match's public affairs department, stated in an email to TR that, in line with its commitment to cooperate with all the stakeholders seeking the truth in this matter, the company had welcomed and accepted several requests for meetings. "During those meetings we have never lied, nor altered our story," Wredberg said. "We can only relate to our first-hand experience, which we have communicated in a transparent and consistent manner."

　　Wredberg said that a Maltese police investigation was currently in progress and that, despite a sincere effort from its side to be cooperative, any and all information the company had shared with certain stakeholders had been twisted and used in a media campaign whose purpose was, to it, unclear.

　　Wredberg said Swedish Match did not see the benefits of such an approach, but rather saw it as one that could potentially obstruct the judicial process.

　　Swedish Match trusted that the truth regarding all of these events would be clarified once the Maltese police investigation was completed, Wredberg added. Enditem