Amusing Political Commentary

 It's a bit comical to tell this story, but I'll reference back to Focus.  There's at least ten different news sites discussing it this morning.

So off a public TV chat forum (Channel One, ARD, the Sandra Maisschberger's show)....some person (who knows their intent) made a comment on social media....talking about Baerbock (the Green Party Chancellor candidate).

The key part of this comment?  “Political offices would be filled with the Greens even without general education”....inferring that Baerbock is marginally college-educated.

I went back to review her college years....fair amount of time in law studies, economics, and political science.  She's no dummy.  

So I have NO idea what the person wanted to mean with the statement, or if they were even referring to Baerbock in the first place.

But this set up a sequence of events.

Somewhere down the line....the folks who work at ARD decided to make a comment in defense of Baerbock.  Their angle?  “How did you come to the fact that Ms. Baerbock was not educated? Look at the woman's education. If that's not education ”. 

Another sequence started up, with various Germans offering criticism why ARD defended Baerbock (all of this in full view on Twitter).

Then the Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner (CDU Party) jumped in and posted a tweet: "The federal office of the Greens could not have answered better."  This was meant as a slam against ARD (the network....that they were all pro-Green Party).

More criticisms followed on Klöckner, but she'd made her point clear.

Then with people all standing there and looking over the tweet mess....ARD deletes their defense of Baerbock.

Is there a problem brewing?  About a month ago....some folks made obvious and pointed comments that a fair number of public TV journalists are secretly hyping up the Green Party for the September federal election.  You can't come to any conclusion because it's just general political hype.

The tweet to start all of this commentary?  Well....one might ask who they were and if it led back to any employee of ARD.

The problem in having public TV folks defend political candidates?  They will pick and choose who they defend, and who they just allow to stand there and get 'blasted'.

I would offer this observation....for the 2017 German national election....Twitter didn't really mean a lot in that race.  Right now?  Twitter seems to have a serious amount of use and this might drift over to the US situation in 2016 and 2020....where Twitter has to delete folks for things.