1. What is a Relotius-Moment?
It's been used a lot over the past three days. Claas Relotius was a German journalist working for Der Spiegel (major German news magazine). Back in 2018, he was exposed for making up details, quotes, and even entire stories in his award-winning articles. This developed into a 4-star scandal, sometimes called "Spiegelgate," involving at least 14 falsified pieces and led to his resignation, the revocation of several journalism awards, and widespread criticism of media practices in Germany.
So when you utter..."Relotius moment", it refers to a significant journalistic failure or crisis where fabrication, misleading content, or ethical lapses are revealed.
Yeah, ZDF (the public TV folks) are in the middle of such a moment....preferring not to admit such.
At this point....the only AI-scandal member of ZDF to be 'let-go'....is a journalist who complained to the board about the lack of attention of leadership.
2. Bus strike in Wiesbaden/Frankfurt area....Friday and Saturday. Major disruption for bar traffic for the weekend.....several million in losses expected.
3. Austrian police say 'enough'....retiring E-cars from the force. Reasons? Poor breaking is often discussed.
4. SPD closing the gap in the Pfalz state election (22 March election day). SPD ahead at 28-percent, with CDU at 27-percent. AfD at 19-percent. Linke at 5-percent....Greens at 9-perent....FW at 5-percent.
Main question....will FW and Linke maintain the 5-percent to get seats?
5. 20 Sep is the Berlin-City election. Polls released yesterday....AfD has moved to 2nd place (17-percent). CDU firmly at 22-percent. SPD at 16-percent. Linke and Greens tied at 15-percent each.
6. Interesting court case in Hamburg unfolding. Apparently.....some reporters from "Stern" and RTL uncovered the murderous attack plans of a right-wing terrorist youth thug-gang.
Eight juvenile 'lads' accused.....gang is referred to as the "Last Wave of Defense." Gang boss is 15 years old.
Method of communication? Interesting detail....WhatsApp.
Reading through the material....the group had hefty goals....recruiting past borders, and eventually overthrowing the German gov't.
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