Sunday night, came a rather unusual program on German TV. First, shockingly enough, this was a US-format town-hall meeting, with Chancellor Merkle. Then came the fact that this wasn’t on Channel One or Channel Two (the state-channels)….but rather RTL.
The responses so far? Well, publicly….folks think it came off Ok and no really knocks it. From the media? Most think it was staged and too orchestrated.
Will the SPD attend their town-hall meeting? That’s yet to be said. I suspect that RTL will give them, the FDP folks, and the Green’s….a chance to have a one-hour show. As for the Linke Party….I’d have doubts but maybe I’m wrong.
Some folks think that Germans just won’t agree to this town-hall mess and that real professional journalists are required….to get to the heart of questions. Sadly, if we could find such professional journalists….it would be a great idea….so far….we haven’t found any such folks.
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