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Austria scandal: newspaper portrays Kurz's girlfriend undressed - now the boss explains the motive behind it

2021-12-23T13:26:16.348Z


Austria scandal: newspaper portrays Kurz's girlfriend undressed - now the boss explains the motive behind it Created: 12/23/2021, 02:17 PM From: Bedrettin Bölükbasi The former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz with his partner Susanne Thier. © Roland Schlager / APA / dpa The Austrian weekly newspaper "Falter" presented the former chancellor Kurz's partner in a completely blank. There was a lo


Austria scandal: newspaper portrays Kurz's girlfriend undressed - now the boss explains the motive behind it

Created: 12/23/2021, 02:17 PM

From: Bedrettin Bölükbasi

The former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz with his partner Susanne Thier.

© Roland Schlager / APA / dpa

The Austrian weekly newspaper "Falter" presented the former chancellor Kurz's partner in a completely blank.

There was a lot of criticism - also from Falter readers.

Update from December 23:

In the scandal surrounding the nude portrayal of the life partner of the former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz by the weekly newspaper Falter, the newspaper's boss does not want to apologize, as

OE24

reported. “We see ourselves in the tradition of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. It is an exaggeration of Kurz's resignation, who justified this step with the birth of his child, ”said Falter boss Florian Klenk.

Both media representatives and politicians criticized the cover of Falter, on which Kurz's partner Susanne Thier is shown with a bare chest.

Most recently, the media spokesman for the Austrian Greens Eva Blimlinger and Meri Disoski wrote to the press council that the portrayal of Falter was "highly sexist, degrading, even outrageous".

ÖVP women's minister Susanne Raab also spoke up.

“This cover is sexist and tasteless.

The fact that completely uninvolved private individuals are exposed here crosses a line, ”she commented.

The cover could now have consequences for Falter.

According to media attorney Peter Zöchbauer, the photomontage represents a violation of Susanne Thier's image protection. A possible consequence in the event of a lawsuit is a payment “in the five-digit range”.

First report from December 22nd:

Vienna / Munich - After investigations into corruption and manipulated surveys, Sebastian Kurz had to resign from his position as Austrian Chancellor.

Finally, the former Chancellor of Austria, who recently became a father, withdrew completely from politics and stated that he now wanted to spend more time with his family.

Despite the end of his political career, the reporting does not let go of him and now even his partner has come into the focus of a weekly newspaper - in an extremely ugly way.

Austria: Kurz 'partner Susanne Thier portrayed with a bare chest - harsh criticism

The Austrian left-liberal weekly newspaper “Falter” portrayed Kurz's partner Susanne Thier in its special edition cover entitled “Geilzeit” with a bare chest. targets, meets harsh criticism.

Several faces can be recognized in the representation of Falter.

The basis is the picture by the Belgian painter Jacob Jordaens “The Holy Family with Shepherds” from 1616. In addition to Thier, Falter added the faces of Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg and Herbert Kickl for the cover.

Kurz's partner Thier is the focus - her face was embedded on the lady with the bared breast and child in her arms.

The Austrian weekly newspaper "Falter" portrayed the partner of the former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz with a bare chest.

© Exxpress.at

Kurz 'partner Thier portrayed naked: media and politics shoot against Falter action

The newspaper's new cover did not go down well, even with long-time readers.

Falter was accused of “sexism” and “misogyny” on social media.

A wave of indignation spread among media representatives.

Armin Wolf, presenter of the ZiB2 program on

ORF

, said that as a “Falter fan” he was really astonished that there weren't enough people in the editorial team who would say: “You can't be serious.

We're not doing a high school graduation paper from the 1980s. ”His colleague Hanno Settele said the same thing and described the cover as an“ epic fail ”.

Political reactions also followed.

Daniel Kosak, spokesman for Chancellor Karl Nehammer, wrote on Twitter: “You don't have to cross every line in the name of satire.” Former SPÖ media minister Thomas Drozda also responded with unequivocal words.

The action by Falter was "disgusting, incomprehensible, out of place".

The Viennese FPÖ boss Dominik Nepp even called for specific actions and demanded an immediate stop of public advertisements in the newspaper.

Falter is condemned on social media: Violent allegations - "Sexist, misogynist, insulting"

The anger about the cover also made itself felt on social media.

The Twitter audience protested strongly against the representation.

“Who waves such a stupid rubbish through?” Asked a user and accused Falter of “sexism”.

It was “shabby” to portray a politician's partner in such a way “just to generate attention”, commented another user.

"It's only sexist, it also hurts this woman's dignity," said the user.

"Sexist, misogynistic, insulting - not funny!", Stated another user clearly.

"Uncool, Falter.

Dragging a (presumably) uninvolved woman and private person into the middle of the picture in such a bare and objectified manner is really not possible, ”was also noted.

Some users also stated that they wanted to file a complaint with the Austrian Press Council.

Apparently this actually happened.

"Since yesterday, we have received several complaints on the occasion of this year's 'Best of Böse' cover in the Falter," said the Press Council on Twitter.

The responsible Senate 1 will deal with it in its next meeting in January 2022, it said.

Falter website goes offline after criticism for depiction of animals - reason still unknown

In the midst of complaints from the media, politics and social media, the Falter website with the corresponding display

suddenly went offline

on Wednesday morning

(December 22nd)

, as

reported by

OE24

.

After around 15 minutes, the page should be accessible again.

The reason for the failure of the website is still unknown.

(bb)

Source: merkur

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