Both ZDF and ARD (public TV networks of Germany) will make the strong effort to say they are not state-run, and not broadcasting propaganda. It's now almost daily that they go to some minor defense of their reporting or positions.
So this morning....ZDF's journalist...Marietta Slomka got into the news herself. Focus tells the basic story.
Slomka opened up a piece on the late ZDF news (Friday night)....talking over the murder of a an individual in a Berlin park.....by possible Russian 'gentlemen (hint: KGB). The quote: “How much the world has changed can also be seen from the fact that Russia and the United States are now almost equally difficult. Good: The Americans don't let unwanted people get killed in Berlin parks - as far as you know. "
This opened up serious criticism by both journalists (non-TV types) and political figures. As one guy from the FDP Party said.....it's on the borderline of being disinformation.
This Berlin park killing? I essayed this piece about a week after it occurred (26 August 2019 was my essay). At the time, and via what the cops felt about the murder....the suggestion of a contract killing (non-sanctioned and likely not involving the KGB) was the direction that the police were talking about.
How did this fall into a government-run 'hit' as suggested by the ZDF journalist? That's really more of a mystery at this point, and how far the news journalists have taken this murder in a park. Oddly enough, with all the hyped-up coverage in the past two weeks....it might be interesting to note that the dead guy is a Russian (not a German).
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