ZDF television council apologizes for embarrassing tweets at night
A series of embarrassing tweets are published on Sunday night by the official account of the ZDF television council. On Sunday, the committee will speak again, this time “on its own behalf”.
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It started with the retweet of two abutting beer mugs, then it got even stranger – and actually embarrassing: on Sunday afternoon, the ZDF television council apologized for a series of tweets sent on Sunday night. First had the media portal DWDL reported about it.
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The starting point was a photo published by pianist Igor Levit on Twitter, showing a piano and a beer bottle standing on a stool. Answered at 12:43 a.m. on Sunday night the verified account of the ZDF television council (around 2000 followers) with the words “Looks a bit like anal intruding at work. But could it also be Beethoven’s 1st Piano Concerto!?”
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“You shouldn’t drink so much alcohol!” Levit replied about 40 minutes later, whereupon the Twitter account of the ZDF television council wrote: “Not even to stay able to work? You do it too!” A few more tweets followed until late at night, one of them saying: “So one thing is clear: the TV Council is as broad and as colorful as our society! (Well ok, at the moment it’s mostly broad).” All the tweets were still published on Sunday evening.
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ZDF television council: “Ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again”
On Sunday afternoon, the ZDF television council published a tweet “on its own behalf”. “This account communicated in a way that in no way does justice to the tasks, the self-image and the customs of the committee.” It is ensured that something like this will not happen again. “Sober, appreciative communication is a prerequisite for the discourse that the TV Council always advocates,” it concludes. In its statement, the TV Council did not explain how the strange nightly tweets came about and who sent them off.
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The committee is to monitor compliance with the program guidelines and the principles set out in the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty, with Marlehn Thieme as the chairperson.
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