The ZDF satire show "heute-show" has trouble with the police: this checks according to its own legal action against the TV station.
In the "heute-show" a photomontage of a Heilbronn police spokesman during the ignition of a joint was shown last Friday evening for a satire report on the legalization of cannabis. The police also consider legal action, the police said.
The "Heilbronner Stimme" said the police spokesman in question, he had been surprised by the use of photomontage in the "today's show". The ZDF had not inquired or requested permission to use the photo for this purpose.
According to the ZDF served the image in the satirically exaggerated photomontage only as a symbolic photo. "It was taken from a photo database," said the transmitter on request. "The post was not about downgrading the work of the police or even a specific person."
