Well....Focus reported this in the AM today.....the NDR network (sub-network for NW Germany), has been accused of filtering political chatter.
At least nine members of the network have made the statement and suggest a 'landscape of fear' now in the news business for the region.
The slant here? If you read through it....it sounds like NDR is a 'mouthpiece' for the standing government of NRW (the state).
Added to the scandal business for public TV....there's another report out there in the AM....talking about how many 'directors' (bosses) exist for public TV, and how each one ranks for a limo with a driver.
The count for ARD/ZDF and the sub-networks? It's up to around 24 people. Even the boss at ARD had to admit he has a limo, a driver, and a massage seat.
It was also laid out that WDR (sub-network) has planned out a 240-million Euro new building for their operation. A group of folks are now asking questions about this deal.
Oddly silent? Well....with all the limo/driver chatter going on....NO one has stood up in the political arena to talk about mayors, city council folks, Senators, political folks at the state level (16 states) and the federal level in Berlin.
I would imagine there's probably over 1,000 limos engaged across Germany for politicians and at least fifty of them have the massage seats.
At some point, Bild or one of the commercial TV news teams will go and start the 'count', and there's going to be a lot of bitter feelings over who got the cars.
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