Sander Schimmelpenninck appeared at last night College Tour and thejournalist is quite known for his strong opinions and Twitter squabbles. It isthe students in the room who really put him to the test. Schimmelpenninckapparently blocked some of the students on Twitter.
Schimmelpenninck is quite a character. he is gborn in Twente, is of noblebirth, was a member of the corps, labels himself as Casanova, does not callhimself leftist, not empathetic and through his time as editor-in-chief of_Quote_ a pretty negative view of the rich. Schimmelpenninck himself earnsaround half a million euros per year.
Sander Schimmelpenninck at College Tour
He will not continue to operate in the media world all his life, nor does hewant to be the angry arguing man on Twitter forever. Then why does he do it?”Because I think it’s necessary.”
Presenter Twan Huys also addresses the criticism that regularly sounds aboutSchimmelpenninck. Among other things, about his fight against the gap betweenrich and poor, while he himself is quite a wealthy person. Schimmelpennincksays that he eand tons in the bank and has assets of about two million. Heearns half a million euros per year. Schimmelpenninck believes that we shouldtalk more easily about money and that people are paid too much. For example,he mentions that he chats for an hour with his best friend, aka his podcast_The Self Podcast_ with Jaap Reesema, is overpaid.
Twan Huys about flying behavior Sander Schimmelpenninck
Schimmelpenninck appears to have little good to say about social media. “Whydon’t you get rid of it then?” Huys says. “Then you hand it all over to theidiots. There is still a bit of counteracting to be done,” said thejournalist. Although he is now, in his own words, regularly threatened by”extreme right-wing wappies”.
Schimmelpenninck’s statements about the climate are also discussed. Huys alsocites his frequent air travel. Schimmelpenninck hates ‘pointing to individualbehaviour’. He believes that people who fly a lot should speak out about theclimate. “If flying became much more expensive, I would go to Sweden by bikeif necessary.” Schimmelpenninck’s girlfriend is of Swedish descent and thejournalist regularly travels to Scandinavia.
Critical students
But in addition to the questions from presenter Huys, it is mainly thestudents in the room who put Schimmelpenninck to the test. This is how itstarts when student Maarten confronts him with the fact that theSchimmelpenninck family took the castle from his noble family. Something forwhich the journalist, somewhat humorously, apologizes.
Then it is the turn of another student who questions Schimmelpenninck. Headdresses the criticism that Schimmelpenninck makes towards people, especiallywomen, who work part-time. The student explains that working part-time ishealthier and more productive and that this also happens a lot in Scandinavia.The student then emphasizes that Schimmelpenninck has blocked him on Twitter.”You have undoubtedly made it to,” responds the journalist. After which Huysasks the audience who else has been blocked by Schimmelpenninck. Student Sannealso raises her hand. She was initially a fan of Schimmelpenninck, but droppedout. She calls his political statements and opinion about the poverty gap andclimate implausible, because he earns so much money himself. Schimmelpenninckcan laugh about it, although he also found the survey somewhat uncomfortable.
Incidentally, the views among viewers appear to be divided aboutSchimmelpenninck’s performance. A selection of the responses: