The Prime minister has tried to downplay the importance of his interference with media... He also went on to threaten to shut down the YLE completely when a reporter asked a question the PM didn't want to answer.
Unsurprisingly, the rest of the world does not consider this to be a minor joking matter:
Right now there are two major news stories about Finland. This controversy over PM and the Neo-Nazi marching in our capital city today... The latter story has raised enough awareness that tourists are being warned to stay away.