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| Subject: Falling out of mainstream? German channel probed for broadcasting RT show Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:44 am | |
| Salve.TV in Germany is being inspected by a local media watchdog after the channel broadcast an RT Deutsch show. The check was initiated by German lawmakers who complained the show was biased towards Russia.
The channel is being looked into by the media watchdog in the federal state of Thuringia (TLM), regional MDR Thüringen media service reported. The German broadcaster showed RT Deutsch’s ‘The Missing Part’ (‘Der Fehlende Part’) news talk-show. The channel attracted the watchdog’s attention after several lawmakers complained that the program was one-sided and “biased towards Russia’s position,” and didn’t allow viewers to get an “objective” impression. Blaming RT Deutsch for a lack of “critical journalistic delivery,” deputies from the local left and green parties said “the Russian channel was too close to the government,” as quoted by MDR Thüringen.
Salve.TV co-owner Klaus Dieter Böhm said German viewers could decide for themselves whether or not to watch the RT Deutsch program. He noted that viewers were also dissatisfied with the current situation, saying a variety of opinions should be present on the regional German television.
http://rt.com/news/264341-german-tv-rt-watchdog/ |
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