Editing Iriadamant (section)

== Media and press reports ==
The press covering the Iriadamant was sharply divided into two groups. Many weekly magazines presented the group and its ideology in a positive tone after it arrived in Finland. Conversely, a few newspapers and ''[[Vihreä Lanka]]'', a Green League affiliated magazine, began to write negatively about the group.<ref name=":0" />

The camp was said to be completely isolated, and the residents were said to have run into trouble with the local population and authorities. The group was accused, among other things, of abusing children and keeping people in the camp against their will. The leader of the group, Maltais, was connected to the international drug and arms trade and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'affaire Ecoovie |url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/l-affaire-ecoovie_t-19890208-Z01CVA.html |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Le Soir |date=8 February 1989 |language=fr}}</ref> The accusations were based on the book ''Ecoovie: le mic-mac des services secrets'', published in 1990, and interviews with Elisabeth Rydell-Janson, the former international secretary of the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Swedish Greens]].<ref name=":0" /> The media described the conditions in the Kittilä camp as miserable and reported that the residents were suffering from hunger and cold.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2010 |title=Outo joukko intiaaneja leiriytyi Suomeen |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2010/04/23/outo-joukko-intiaaneja-leiriytyi-suomeen#media=46788 |access-date=13 September 2022 |website= |publisher=YLE |pages=}}</ref>

According to {{Ill|Matti Sarmela|fi}}, professor of anthropology at the University of Helsinki, it was a case of smearing and delegitimization.<ref name=":0" /> According to historian {{Ill|Maarit Niiniluoto|fi}}, it was telling that the authors of the most negative articles never visited the Kittilä camp and had no interest in learning about the messages and lives of the group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niiniluoto |first=Maarit |date=10 June 1993 |title=Käytiinkö nyt viimeinen taisto yhtenäiskulttuurin puolesta? Iriadamant-kiihko jakoi median puolesta ja vastaan |work=Journalisti}}</ref>