Jan Böhmermann reaches many hundreds of thousands of viewers
with his weekly satire show ZDF Magazin Royale.
According to his own statements, Jan Böhmermann is a satirist and
is allowed to say anything he wants in the name of artistic freedom.
You could call him a modern court jester.
If you look in the dictionary under the definition court jester, you will find the following explanation:
In the Middle Ages, it was customary at the courts of the nobility
for a court jester to be a member of the king's entourage.
His task was to mirror the latter's own behavior,
to convey the mood among the people in a diplomatic
manner, and to facilitate opinion-forming
by asking critical questions.
Officially, cabaret and satire still have
the task, similar to what the court jester did at
the royal court, of pointing out existing grievances and exercising social criticism.
If one applies this standard to the content of Jan Böhmermann's
broadcasts, however, a completely different picture emerges.
For a better explanation, an expert should have her say.
Christine Prayon is a cabaret artist herself and also worked for
over ten years on ZDF as a satirist on the heute-show.
In September 2022, she ended the collaboration,
explaining her decision, among other things, as follows:
I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the way
the major socially defining issues have been
handled since Corona.
I have also talked to the people in charge there and emphasized that I do not
want to participate in exposing dissenters to ridicule.
Satire must not participate in narrowing the discourse.
[...
] I have questions, I have criticism, I want to be allowed to express myself, I also
want to be allowed to listen, I also want to hear the one who is considered the last.
I can no longer do anything with satire that makes that impossible.
And it is precisely this kind of satire that Jan Böhmermann does,
she says of him: He, too, has reinforced common narratives.
I can still remember one program very well.
That was about non-vaccinated people, and then he sat back and gave two stinky fingers.
I thought, how can you do that?
[ ... ] that is division. There is increasing criticism of the content of the broadcasts.
Several charges were filed against
Böhmermann and claims for damages were made.
All this does not seem to have any impression on the
entertainer, nor does it seem to have any consequences.
He continues to insult, defame, and abuse especially those who
oppose the common narrative of politics and the leading media.
Thus, any woman who is convinced that there are
only two genders is transphobic, a turd - a turd....
In Böhmermann's eyes, morons, terfs, Nazis or
assholes, are also appropriate terms for anyone who
expresses criticism of the recently passed self-determination law.
To name just a small sample of his numerous verbal
omissions to critics of the established narrative.
On top of that, Böhmermann has already been awarded the 6th Grimme Prize,
which is known as Germany's most prestigious media award.
According to the Grimme jury, ZDF Magazin Royale impressed
with its journalistic research and entertaining presentation.
His exorbitant salary of €651,000 a year also clearly shows that Jan
Böhmermann plays an important role in the media landscape.
In comparison: The salary of the German Chancellor is approximately € 360,000 per year.
With the above facts, the question inevitably arises: What
purpose does this program and this presenter serve?
The reach of this prime-time program is very wide.
Hundreds of thousands of people can thus be reached and influenced in
a completely different way than, for example, through news broadcasts.
If one examines the content of a program a little more closely, it becomes
clear which topic is currently occupying the media and in
which direction the mainstream is to be steered.
It's all about the show: What is behind ritual violence from September 2023.
The content of the program obviously serves
the purpose of denying satanic ritual violence
and making fun of it in a tasteless and vile manner.
The victims who report such experiences are thus portrayed
as untrustworthy and exposed to ridicule through satire.
These experiences had been talked into them by the therapists
and existed only in their allegedly false memories.
Personality splits resulting from the severe traumatic
events are denied and exposed to ridicule.
This gloating-perfidious approach is strongly reminiscent of the SRF Satanic
Panic broadcast series that aired earlier this year.
Kla.TV reported in detail about the background of
the journalist of this series Robin Rehmann.
In the process, close networks on his part to the satanic scene were uncovered
and, among other things, questionable witnesses to the broadcast series were
pointed out, which cast strong doubt on Rehmann's credibility regarding
the denial of a satanic sect.
It is also very interesting to note that Rehmann has
close links between German media institutions.
Among other things, it became apparent that he prevented victims of ritual abuse from
holding interviews on northern German television to report on their fate.
Instead came the broadcast of Jan Böhmermann, in which ritual abuse is
clearly described as a conspiracy theory and thus a lie - at prime time!
The whole thing is nothing more than a group delusion.
Searching souls, held together by their shared delusions.
A mere coincidence?
See also as a deepening of this topic the faded in broadcast.
Whether Jan Böhmermann himself is similarly networked as Robin Rehmann and thus whether
the topic of his show might not also have a personal benefit remains open at this point.
Against the background described, however, it is obvious that Jan Böhmermann,
too, is an instrument intended to steer people in a certain direction.
Only the one right opinion is allowed, otherwise it seems absolutely
legitimate to be insulted, ridiculed and ostracized.
And as in the case of the topic just presented, it is simply denied that it exists at all
and thus any discussion and confrontation with it is prevented at the outset.
High awards and a gigantic payment are the reward for this, which
is ultimately also co-financed by every single GEZ payer.
Does it make you sick to your stomach, as it does Christine
Prayon, when dissenters are exposed to ridicule?
Then help out: Spread this broadcast so that there is not a narrowing of the diversity of opinions, but a free discourse!