Elon basically hired a German 'cage-fight' lawyer....who probably won't back-down or be delayed.
The lawyer gave an interview yesterday.....saying he's going back over 3 years to view all statements made by ZDF journalists. By the commentary, he's looking both at the news stuff, and public forums. How much is laying there to be analyzed? Unknown....but I would assume probably over 50 statements that might be 'dragged' into court.
ZDF at this point? Their lawyers are now probably demanding a total review of all statements they made for three years....which could probably require at least ten folks and three months (my guess).
Toward fall....the lawyers are going to have a intense chat with the ZDF chief-executive and board....asking if they have any willing nature to settle with 'some' cash (like a 100,000 Euro). 'No' is the likely response, and then the question is....if Elon wins, and the court says to pay up some sum.....do you have the cash ready to distribute? Things will head 'south' after that.....with a long talk about cutting the budget for 2027/2028....borrowing money to settle.
Meanwhile....there's going to be some kind of weird arrangement where the lawyers sit each evening in the news room, and control content/commentary....to the point that journalists get pretty hostile about being controlled.
The end-game here....worst case possible? I would suggest that the damning collection of anti-Elon comments might drag the pain up to around 100k Euro and force public statement....saying they screwed up. I'm not saying it's the end of ZDF....merely a forced evolution where the news might be filtered a fair amount.
The anti-public TV Germans reacting? They've waited years for ZDF to screw with the wrong person, and it appears that Elon Musk is their 'hero'. The sad thing is that the money that Elon 'takes'.....is public-money, and it's not easily replaced.
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