Freedom of the press and freedom of opinion are indispensable pillars of a democracy.
At present, however, we have to realize that these pillars are being shaken mightily.
Because at the moment, this great good of freedom of opinion is only granted to politically compliant media, but not to
courageous, free enlighteners who make many personal sacrifices to offer the population a counter-voice to the mainstream!
According to a rough calculation, Germany pockets around €8.5 billion a year in compulsory fees, Switzerland CHF 1.2 billion
and Austria €722 million, whereas free educationalists achieve incredible things out of
their own pockets and financed by donations!
But they are still defamed, boycotted, censored and fought against to the utmost.
Below we list just a few recent examples that have been brought to our attention to show that these are not just empty claims:
Let's start with: Auf1, Stefan Magnet with Dr. Geisler from Baden-Württemberg Satellite Television:
In February of this year, Dr. Geisler, who had a contractually secured license with Baden-Württemberg
Satellite Television, was fined €195,007. His offense?
Dr. Geisler has broadcast programs on the Austrian educational channel Auf1 with Stefan Magnet.
Jürgen Elsässer, founder and editor-in-chief of Compact magazine:
The well-known Compact magazine and TV station were also given a bad rap.
The magazine was banned from all major newsstands.
Company accounts were also terminated without further ado by Brandenburgische Sparkasse.
The unfounded accusation is that the far-right Compact magazine collected donations to support the AfD election campaigns.
Savings banks are institutions under public law and are obliged to safeguard the fundamental rights of their customers.
Apparently, however, the customers who are entitled to a basic right at all are being screened here.
Dr. Heiko Schöning, scientist, physician and author, most recently of Game Over:
Dr. Schöning was arrested for a few hours on March 10 of this year, shortly before the start of
his speech at the peace demonstration in Berlin.
The same thing happened to him in September 2020 during a protest in London and shortly before he was able to give a speech
in Hyde Park about the disproportionate coronavirus measures.
Daniele Ganser, Swiss historian and peace researcher at the Zurich University of Technology:
Dr. Ganser examines the topics of peace, energy, media, war and terror.
But even he, as a peace researcher and advocate of extra-war conflict solutions, was
heckled and slandered by the mainstream media.
His teaching position at the University of St. Gallen was not extended and his colleagues distanced
themselves from him due to the public defamation.
Oliver Janich, journalist and author: He was arrested in the Philippines in 2022 with a storm of around 20 armed men.
Why?
Janich's statements, which were to be understood as an allegory of statements previously made by the media,
were taken out of context and presented as statements.
Censorship and slander at its finest.
But magazines and newspapers were not spared either.
EPOCH TIMES:
The independent media company EPOCH TIMES, which describes its reporting as free from government influence, had
numerous channels deleted by YouTube from one day to the next.
His political work was massively hampered as a result and his advertising revenue was choked off.
CH ExpressZeitung with publisher André Barmettler
The Swiss ExpressZeitung was expelled from Germany with vague arguments such as obvious risk of confusion with
the Cologne local newspaper or maximum legal uncertainty.
The newspaper was no longer allowed to be sold in Germany or sent to Germany or advertised there.
The publisher was forced to change the name of the newspaper.
Mr. Barmettler looked for solutions and found a way for their German subscribers to
receive the newspaper again in the meantime.
But now under the name In Deutschland Verboten!* Zeitung.
Kla.TV is not exempt from attacks either.
Since Kla.TV is financially independent due to worldwide volunteers, the attacks on us look a little different.
Smear campaigns and massive slander with destructive rage are the other side of the offensive.
For example, on March 12 of this year, the Swiss SRF broadcast a program with a person falsely claiming
to be the former head of Kla.TV during prime time.
The nastiest claims and false statements denigrated Kla.TV, all without any proof of truth.
As has been the case for decades in the mainstream press, the SRF once again beat the drum of
sectarianism on the basis of the well-known lyric of media lies.
Obviously, the aim is to cut off the money supply to free information portals with an international reach in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland, thereby silencing them.
With the argument of having committed a dubious act of disinformation, handcuffs are put
on and the investigators are put in trouble.
This massively hinders their work and attempts to eliminate them.
Examples are being set.
Through the fight against disinformation already announced by Ms. von der Leyen, as she announced on the 54th anniversary
of the WEF in January 2024, active attempts are now being made,
to put a stop to the aforementioned injured parties by intimidating, discrediting,
arresting and damaging their reputation.
Such defamation campaigns and prevention of freedom of the press and freedom of opinion are unacceptable, a breach of democracy!
However, the victims are not only those mentioned above, but every citizen who is forced to
co-finance these crimes of opinion through compulsory fees.