Yesterday, via RBB (public TV for the Berlin region).....the news folks had to issue an apology.
The deal?
Well...Focus gives the best discussion of the item.
On Wednesday evening (via the prime-time 'Abendschau')....RBB covered the local protest of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin. In simple terms....this coverage turned into a fairly one-sided report.....pro-Palestine.
What was generally left out? Any slant on the Israel position. This demonstration was rather aggressive and had some violence within it. Police arrests? 53 folks total.
So RBB came back on Thursday evening....after a fair number of complaints, and issued an apology....saying their reporting didn't meet the quality level that they typically aim for.
I would suggest, over the past year....almost all of the public networks have encountered criticism from viewers and while most have avoided an apology....they are on a path where the public would like reform and curtailing funding from public TV (not a good thing in the eyes of pro-public TV folks).
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