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To: FrankRepublican

Actually nothing will happen.

The chiefs of the German PUBLIC TV channels ARD, ZDF, HR3, SWF, DW and others are politically appointed officials per committee. The TV channel gets its money by taxes levied on radios and TV that are in use in the country (GEZ). The media and news in Germany and France (actually Europe wide, BBC is entirely owned by the state) is heavily influenced by what the governments agenda is. You saw this in the Frankfurt Airport, Iraq and even the war on terror. There is no war on terror. The German party line is that this is a made up problem and part of George Bush’s imagination. So the state channels will not give the issue much or any attention. Occasionally you will hear a little here or there, but even then it’s not a German or French problem. Rather it will be presented as a US issue.

Examples: Abu Gahrib no life limb or eyesight was lost. No harm done besides humiliation of Iraqis. German chancellor Schroeder made public statements about how bad this was. Beslan 300 some Russian children die, earlier two aircraft hijacked and suicide crashed and a car bomb goes off, this equates no comment in Germany. Why? Whose hand would he be playing into if he dealt with the issue in Russia? Of course the German TV played the events when they occurred, but today it’s all but forgotten and no Schroeder or Fischer would dare mention this subject voluntarily. In two months the Van Gogh murder will be forgotten just as there is hardly and trace of the Munich October Fest bombing. It’s hard to find information on this even when looking for it specifically!

Red6


27 posted on 11/24/2004 8:11:11 AM PST by Red6
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To: Red6
Actually nothing will happen.

The chiefs of the German PUBLIC TV channels ARD, ZDF, HR3, SWF, DW and others are politically appointed officials per committee...


Maybe the same displacement of the "old media" in favor of the internet is happening to some degree in Europe too? Is there any evidence of that?
40 posted on 11/24/2004 9:10:28 AM PST by fr_freak
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To: Red6
>>>>>>Actually nothing will happen<<<<

This is 20/20 vision of what Europe is today. The official policy is EURABIA

41 posted on 11/24/2004 9:38:00 AM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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To: Red6
>>>>>>Actually nothing will happen<<<<

This is 20/20 vision of what Europe is today. The official policy is EURABIA

42 posted on 11/24/2004 9:38:56 AM PST by DTA (proud pajamista)
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