Never before has public broadcasting, or ÖRR for short, made as many negative headlines as it did last year.
And the scandals continue. More and more viewers are voicing their displeasure. Above all, it's boiling from within.
Increasingly, employees are no longer backing their own broadcasters. Resistance is growing.
Those who have been silenced are shouting all the louder outside and are being heard and understood more and more.
Because the reasons for the self-dismantling of public broadcasting are obvious.
It has long since ceased to fulfill its mandate. The supreme duty of public service broadcasting is
defined crystal clear in the Interstate Media Treaty:
"In fulfilling their mandate, public broadcasters are obliged to comply with the constitutional order and, in particular, with
journalistic standards, especially to ensure independent, factual, truthful and comprehensive information
and reporting, as well as respect for personal rights.
Furthermore, they should respect the principles of objectivity and impartiality appropriate to a public service
profile and present the broadest possible range of topics and opinions in a balanced manner in their offerings."
That's what it says on paper. And this is what it looks like in practice:
Objective and impartial ...?
Latest scandal: NDR political show "Die 100". 100 citizens, who were supposed to represent the average German
society, turn out to be disproportionately left-wing party members, politicians and even extras or actors.
The title of the program "Is the AfD actually a problem for democracy?" is highly manipulative in a
subtle way - but by no means fair, impartial or objective.
The fact that the broadcast date falls exactly in the week before the state elections in Brandenburg, which are
also extremely important in terms of federal politics, shows where the journey should take us.
In a recent study of over 500 established journalists, not a single respondent stated that
they were AfD voters or had close ties to the AfD.
A survey of trainees at the ARD television channel revealed that 92 (!) percent voted green-red-red.
When the preferences of editors differ so blatantly from those of fee payers, it is practically
impossible to fulfill the broadcasting mandate.
Squandering of compulsory fees
The scandal at the public broadcaster Berlin-Brandenburg, RBB for short, was not just about the 16 percent (!) increase in the
salary of former director Patricia Schlesinger to 303,000 euros.
Gradually, it became public what had been approved in the upper echelons: - additional bonuses - dubious consultancy contracts
for Schlesinger's husband Gerhard Spörl - the renovation of the executive floor - a luxurious Audi A8
company car with massage seats worth 145,000 euros.
Ms. Schlesinger is said to have used the two chauffeurs not only for business but also for private errands.
Dieter Wolf, Chairman of the RBB Board of Directors and also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messe Berlin, is said to
have initiated a consultancy contract worth 100,000 euros between Messe Berlin and Gerhard Spörl, Schlesinger's husband.
In addition, several real estate experts with whom Wolf had a business relationship are said to have received
consulting contracts for a central construction project of the public broadcaster, the Digital Media House.
The costs for this construction project were initially estimated at 60 million euros. They rose to an incredible 311 million.
In December 2022, planning for the digital media house was discontinued - but not for free. Because even after
the project was stopped, large sums of money were spent.
Around 32 million euros have been invested in planning, preparations and project work for the project.
According to "Business Insider", fee payers are now left with the costs of "throwaway planning" and claims for damages amounting
to 8.8 million euros as a result of the planning freeze.
The Interstate Media Treaty states: "The public service broadcasters are entrusted with the
provision of services of general economic interest ."
This benchmark also applies to the Filmhaus Köln. Instead of the estimated 130 million
euros, there is now talk of 240 million euros.
At this point, you might ask yourself the question: What if I acted like this?
Then fasten your seatbelts, it's about to get a little more delicate: According to Ms. Schlesinger, she has billed a total
of nine catered dinners in her apartment as business lunches.
In plain language: the fee payer paid for the catering of guests in the private
apartment. The names of the guests were not revealed.
So much for a glimpse behind the glossy facades of public broadcasting.
Truthfully and comprehensively informed ...?
When it comes to the content, the fun is completely over.
The loudly praised quality journalism, the main argument for the necessity of public service broadcasting, is being deeply
shaken and trust in seriousness is being severely damaged.
ÖRR employees or politicians who give interviews as "random passers-by" regularly
arouse resentment, ridicule and malice online.
As a reminder, public service broadcasting was established in particular to ensure independent, factual, truthful and
comprehensive information and reporting Furthermore, to respect the principles of objectivity and
impartiality and to present the widest possible range of topics and opinions in a balanced manner.
A customer "accidentally" passing by in the supermarket does not want "AfD millet". Background: A millet
product was to disappear from an organic market because an AfD managing director was behind it.
"If it is produced by someone with such an attitude, i.e. an AfD member who is also in office, then I don't want to buy it
and that is why it is good that it is simply not offered here.
Otherwise I run the risk of buying it. And I don't want to eat AfD millet."
The customer interviewed by chance, Monika Lazar, was a member of the Bundestag for the Greens in real life
and was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs.
RBB interviewed cyclists who happened to be passing by and wanted to know what they thought of "pop-up cycle paths".
The man who happens to be cycling past is the Green transport politician Georg Kössler.
He welcomes the creation of more cycle paths of this type. Who is surprised?
Georg Kössler is a Green transport politician with a seat in the Berlin House of Representatives.
An activist was introduced and interviewed in a report on the "demonstration against the right" in Frankfurt.
She says: "All the marginalized groups that are treated as 'woke' are the people who should no longer be alive back then."
However, there is no indication anywhere that Hadija Haruna-Oelker is an employee of Hessischer Rundfunk.
A customer talks about the Penny campaign to increase the price of products with climate surcharges.
She thinks it's good because it makes you think.
"I think it's good because it makes you think."
Hannah Mertens is not a random Penny customer, however, but a presenter at Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
By the way: Most of the original sources of these reports have been deleted or changed.
ÖRR defeats in court: Jan Böhmermann has become one of the most important allies of the traffic light coalition with his
"ZDF Magazin Royale", which many find scandalous and inhumane.
He provided Nancy Faeser with a slanderous public denunciation of a civil servant she
disliked. She was able to sweep him out of office.
However, as FOCUS-online reported, the Munich Regional Court gave him and ZDF "a clear slap in the face:
The judge has found that the reporting on Arne Schönbohm's alleged proximity to Russian intelligence services was false".
The renowned constitutional law expert Ulrich Vosgerau took part in a private meeting of politically interested
entrepreneurs in Potsdam at the beginning of November 2023.
The state-financed platform "Correctiv" published an alleged report on this.
Using strategically placed trigger words such as deportation and Wannsee Conference, subjective comments, false associations etc.,
the authors conjured up the spectre of a secret "master plan to expel German citizens on the basis of their
'ethnicity' ". This triggered a nationwide storm of indignation.
There were rallies in all major cities and speeches by all top politicians from the Federal Chancellor downwards.
Vosgerau defended himself legally. The article contained "neither meaningful quotes nor
other evidence" for Correctiv's statements.
"It has long been clear that the alleged 'secret plan' never existed.
But was there a secret plan by Correctiv, politicians and the media? There's a lot to suggest that there was."
The courts have prohibited both the Correctiv platform and public broadcasters from "false reporting in connection with
the scandal surrounding allegedly planned mass deportations".
The media giant is tottering!
The pressure on public broadcasting has increased so immensely that the demand for the long
overdue GEZ increase has fallen completely silent.
In spring 2024, the commission for determining the financial requirements of broadcasters called for a
significant increase. The broadcasters wanted much more.
And suddenly: "The great silence in the forest". Nobody moves. The bow is too far overstretched. The giant staggers.
Public broadcasting can no longer sit out its scandals.
In October 2024, politicians, or more precisely the Conference of Minister Presidents in Leipzig, had
to show their colors and adopt a radical reform plan.
Probably to save what can still be saved:
The increase in the broadcasting fee at the turn of the year was stopped
Half of the linear special-interest programs are to be cut, such as Tagesschau24, Phoenix, ZDFneo and KiKA
One in three radio stations to be axed
The costs for "Sport" are capped at five percent of ARD and ZDF's total expenditure
The salaries of broadcaster bosses are to be brought into line with those of the public sector.
Kla.TV recently confronted citizens with these luxury payments in a survey.
And here's a recent addendum: WDR director Tom Buhrow is retiring.
With an annual salary of 433,200 euros, the 64-year-old is said to be entitled to around 25,000 euros per month.
His future pension will probably cost a total of 4.527 million euros.
Finally, Ulrich Vosgerau has the floor. In his book "The Reign of Injustice", he sums up the context as follows:
"Political and media elites generally stick together on fundamental political issues , they form a political-media
complex, a parallel society located in the upper class."
Kla.TV has already highlighted this global agenda several times.
The media serve as the main instrument for manipulating people and nations in their interests.
But as the dramatic consequences become more and more obvious, more and more people are opening
their eyes and recognizing the disastrous game.
If you look at the principle of sowing and reaping, this is how it has to be.
Because - public service broadcasting has not sown its intended seed of "quality journalism" for a long time.
We'll be glad if you take a more critical look at what the mainstream media serves up to us after this program.
And one more request: If you notice any inconsistencies, don't hesitate to write to us at because the mass media are remarkably
eager and conscientious in one respect - namely when it comes to deleting or changing
the original sources of their inconsistencies.
But the more eyes are watchful, the faster their deeds come to light.