So, this is not page 1, or page 2 or even page 6 type news. But it's a curious piece.
Around a year ago, Deutsche Welle (a German sub-network off public TV)....had a couple of employees who uttered the comment questioning the need for Israel to have a right to exist.
Yeah, it was a public social media type of comment.
Because of the hyped-up sensitive nature of looking Nazi-like....German public TV reacted pretty quickly, and dismissed the employees.
Well....the employees (2 so far) went to the work-court system, and the judge reviewed the case....then told Deutsche Welle to rehire those individuals (2 of the group so far) who took this into court.
This past week, Deutsche Welle ordered a change in it's 'code of conduct' of employees. In blunt language, it says you have to acknowledge support for Israel's right to exist.
What'll happen next? I'm guessing the code will be taken to court, and some judge will eventually say that it's unethical to force opinions upon public TV employees.
But then you have to wonder....will all of this lead to more far extreme figures working for German public TV....to the far left, and the far right? Will the public even notice this....acknowledging that they already felt the public TV system was extreme in it's opinions already?
Resolving any of this? Well....it might be time to engage upon dissolving about half of public TV networks in Germany, and get back to marginal news reporting.
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