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Germany as a country – and its constitution – does not subscribe to that US-american view of unregulated free speech. Never did, and has a healthy free press an
by onli 10y ago
Germany as a country – and its constitution – does not subscribe to that US-american view of unregulated free speech. Never did, and has a healthy free press anyway.
- trendia 10y agoAre you referring to the healthy free press that intentionally suppressed information about mass sexual assault on NYE 2016?
- onli 10y agoAll media reported that. A suppression of information just did not happen. If you really believe that, start to consume other media than AFD-nazi-talk please.
- trendia 10y agoThe news reported it nearly two weeks after it happened, when reports were already saturating social media and word of mouth.
- onli 10y agoThat's again not true. ARD reported on the 4th of January, see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuelle_%C3%9Cbergriffe_in_der_Silvesternacht_2015/16#Verz.C3.B6gerte_Berichterstattung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuelle_%C3%9Cbergriffe_in_de.... ZDF followed on the 5th.
- Grue3 10y agoGermany is also a country that murdered millions of people in concentration camps less than a century ago. Which happened because National Socialists were suppressing views opposed to their own. So maybe, just maybe, unregulated free speech was a good idea after all.
- onli 10y agoPff. First, that is not Germany as the BRD, but the Third Reich (which did not have the same constitution). Second, to link the holocaust to supressing opposing views is utterly crazy. Third, Godwin's Law.
- tomcam 10y agoDon't German reporters need to be licensed?
- germanier 10y agoNo. However, there is a card (Presseausweis) that is given out by journalist unions to professional journalists only. Both public administration and private companies use that card to verify credibility. If you don't have one, people might not want to talk to you.
- tomcam 10y agoThank you
- sageikosa 10y agoAt least there are very few reports to the contrary.