Storm of indignation after textbook, “leaves” vs. “picture”, end for “nd”? – BILDblog

1. Protest against Bavaria 3: A storm of indignation according to the textbook
(rnd.de, Matthias Schwarzer)
Matthias Schwarzer comments on the storm of indignation triggered by a Bayern 3 presenter with his racist remarks about a South Korean boy band: “The Twitter platform will be 15 years old on March 21, and the dynamism of the storms of indignation has practically not changed during this time. They keep coming back, they keep coming back – and in the end they don’t lead to anything. In the best case, Matthias Matuschik has learned something about racist language, but in the worst case two or three different groups talked past each other for three days, or better said: yelled past each other. “

2. Left hand before the end
(taz.de)
The left-wing daily newspaper “Neues Deutschland” or “nd” has been doing badly for a long time, now the paper is threatened with closure at the end of the year. As a co-partner, the Left Party wants to examine a “change in the ownership structure”. A newly founded cooperative should continue the business. The ver.di union is skeptical: “The cooperative must not be the ‘cheap solution’.”
Further reading note: ND employees demand discussions (jungewelt.de, Marc Bebenroth).

3. The “leaves” in “picture”: a prime example of fake news journalism
(blaetter.de, Albrecht von Lucke)
The “Bild” newspaper adorns itself in its Saturday edition with a series of statements sounding like praise from the publicist and “Blätter” editor Albrecht von Lucke, which he allegedly made in a contribution (Right APO with media power: The latest ideology production from »Springer«). von Lucke protested. The sentences were taken out of context by “Bild” and reproduced in a misleading way: “One can hardly falsify the content of a text more strongly. The picture-text is a prime example of fake news journalism. “

4. From the third to the first: Why the ARD needs a league system for Polittalks
(dwdl.de, Peer Schader)
In his “DWDL” column, Peer Schader suggests the introduction of a system with promotion and relegation for its political talk shows: He wishes Frank Plasberg’s “Hart aber Fair” a creative regeneration time in the third. The MDR show “fact is!” he would give a chance in the first.

5. Facebook appears to be paying $ 650 million in compensation
(spiegel.de)
According to the AFP news agency, Facebook pays 1.6 million of its US users compensation totaling 650 million US dollars. Facebook had collected biometric data for facial recognition without their knowledge and thus violated a law passed in the state of Illinois in 2008 to protect privacy.
Further reading note: The TikTok video platform has illegally collected data from minors, including biometric data. Parents in several US states took action against this: TikTok has to pay $ 92 million over privacy dispute (zeit.de).

6. At the age of 87, Johann Böhm was still running the newspaper – sometimes he resorted to unusual means
(merkur.de, Claudia Schuri)
At 87 years old, Johann Böhm from Ottenhofen in the Erding district is one of the oldest newspaper deliverers in the region. Every morning he gets up at 4:30 am to bring various newspapers such as the “Erdinger Anzeiger”, the “Ebersberger Zeitung” or the “tz” to the readership – occasionally even by tractor. At 7 o’clock the tour ends for Böhm, and he gets to read the newspaper he deserves.

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