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  • Brokaw: Liberated East Germans ‘Still Adjusting to Harsh Economic Realities’ of Capitalism

    11/08/2009 10:29:52 AM PST · by chuck_the_tv_out · 20 replies · 868+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | November 8, 2009 - 12:55 | Rich Noyes
    Noting tomorrow’s 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday’s Today show, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw claimed East Germans were “still adjusting to the harsh economic realities” of life after communism. But a recent poll of former East bloc countries by the Pew Research Center actually discovered that the people of what was East Germany are actually the biggest enthusiasts of the shift to capitalism, with 82% approving, higher than any other ex-communist country. Brokaw did note, however, that the current “center-right” Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, was “born and raised in East Germany,”...