"Filter" in the transmitter?
Anger among public broadcasters is expanding - NDR employees are demanding clarification
Created: 08/30/2022, 14:17
The anger at the public broadcasters is not decreasing.
After the RBB affair, it is now the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).
Munich/Kiel - Public broadcasting is experiencing turbulent days.
The RBB has to deal with the scandal surrounding the former director Patricia Schlesinger - meanwhile there are completely different allegations against the NDR.
Now employees have apparently written a fire letter to their superiors.
They are calling for the allegations to be investigated and clarified.
NDR fire letter: Employees are demanding that the allegations be dealt with
The NDR is accused of suppressing critical reporting.
It should be about reports on members of the Schleswig-Holstein state government.
The
star
is now quoting from a fire letter from NDR employees.
A total of 72 employees of the state broadcasting center in Kiel distance themselves from the behavior of their superiors.
They demand "a complete and transparent processing of all allegations".
NDR employees blame the ARD broadcaster.
© Axel Heimken/picture alliance/dpa
The signers of the letter demand "that all employees of the NDR Schleswig-Holstein be informed promptly and comprehensively about the further processes and be involved in the processing".
They demand that the allegations be clarified in order to restore the trust of the employees and the viewers, as the letter said.
NDR rejects allegations of political influence
The independent state broadcasting council of Schleswig-Holstein has meanwhile initiated an examination.
“We, as the sole responsible control body, will carry out this check and, where necessary, call in external expertise.
We take the allegations made very seriously," said Chairwoman Laura Pooth late Monday evening after a special session.
The board members will therefore collect documents and information and hold the necessary discussions.
The media had previously reported to
Business Insider
and then
Stern
about allegations.
According to these, there should be a kind of filter by the superiors in the editorial department.
An interview that an NDR journalist wanted to conduct was allegedly rejected by his superior.
The editor-in-chief of the NDR for Schleswig-Holstein, Norbert Lorentzen, rejected the allegations of political influence last week.
“NDR rejects the accusation that there is a 'political filter' in the Schleswig-Holstein broadcasting station.
The reporting is unbiased and independent,” said the ARD broadcaster NDR in a statement.
As reported by
Stern
, Lorentzen and the editor-in-chief of “Politics and Research”, Julia Stein, declared themselves biased.
So they should no longer accept journalistic contributions.
(vk/dpa)
