In the “Tagesthemen”, a NDR journalist sharply criticized the Greens' climate plan - and suddenly found himself exposed to “defamation” accusations from the ranks of the party.
Munich - A tough "Tagesthemen" comment to the address of the Greens is making waves - but the criticism is primarily a representative of the eco-party itself: The Munich Green City Councilor Bernd Schreyer reprimanded the opinion in a tweet that has since been deleted Sharpest and reported the comment on Twitter.
At first he even wrote about an "advertisement".
The green spoke of "defamation".
Greens and Baerbock receive criticism in "Tagesthemen" - Munich city council reports "defamation" on Twitter
The background: In his comment, NDR journalist Holger Ohmstedt had sharply criticized the immediately presented climate protection plan from the election program of the Greens and warned: “With their ten points, the Green election campaigners will not win back anyone from the unreliable party leader in the past Weeks was disappointed. ”But he also described the mistakes of the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock in the current election campaign as“ impostures ”- and emphasized that there was no point in“ putting political wishes above technical feasibility ”.
An unusually harsh tone, found some supporters of the party - among them the Munich Green City Councilor Schreyer. In a comment below the video, he criticized the “mixing of personal trivialities and political content” and stated: “I reported the tweet for defamation”. The
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explained Schreyer that he had seen the opinion contribution of the "Tagesthemen" as exceeding the limits of freedom of expression and for this reason reported it via the reporting function of the short message service.
A big shitstorm followed his tweet - Schreyer deleted the post from the platform a little later.
The SPD member of the Bundestag, Florian Post, fired his own tweet against the local politician and criticized his understanding of freedom of expression: “Mind you: it was a comment!
Apparently too much for the Munich Green City Councilor Bernd Schreyer.
A lot will flourish for us if such an understanding prevails.
Greens should no longer co-rule in Munich ”.
Munich City Council criticizes Tagesschau sharply: Advertisement for Greens comment
But not only the Green City Council surprised the critical tone, many Twitter users expressed their frustration in the comments under the Tagesschau video.
"With their ten points, the Green campaigners will not win back anyone who has been disappointed by the unreliable party leader in the past few weeks" - Holger Ohmstedt's opinion on the #Green's #climate protection program.
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- Tagesthemen (@tagesthemen) August 3, 2021
The “Tagesthemen” editorial team then stated on request from
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: “The 'Opinion' column reflects a personal point of view of the commentator and is covered by the fundamental right to freedom of expression”.
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