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In reply to the discussion: Editor of major German newspaper says he planted stories for CIA [View all]reorg
(3,317 posts)Of all Germans, 50 percent don't watch any news on state TV, half of those who still do watch ARD. When even ARD's own oversight comitee finds that the reporting on Ukraine and Russia was blatantly biased (a fact that didn't escape its viewers and neither a lot of eminent guests on their shows), it is significant and not a 'vast conspiracy theory'.
The reporting on other TV channels wasn't any better, of course, they just don't have any oversight committees who would criticize them for it.
The fact that Ulfkotte is a right-winger has nothing to do with any of this. He shares his 'anti-Islamisation' paranoia with others such as Mr Broder, who invented this term, or rather imported it from American neo-cons. Mr Broder writes for Der Spiegel and Die Welt and is not only a welcome guest on state TV, he has his own show. Despite the fact that mass-murderer Breivik appreciatingly cited him in his manifesto, next to the Dutch rabble rouser and Pegida friend Geert Wilders.