Tough but fair: Plasberg Talk deleted from library because of sexism-reproach – SPIEGEL ONLINE

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show? In the ARD usually not a problem. The library of the station grouping holds many shipments long after the original broadcast online on call – but not all. After harsh criticism and complaints from several women’s organizations of the WDR now a series of talk show has “hard but fair” removed from the online offer

Under the title “Down with the Ampelmännchen – Germany in equality mania”. had been discussed in the shipment of 2 March 2015 on gender equality. Not always it was about to factual. So the FDP Vice Chairman Wolfgang Kubicki said, for example, to Green Party leader Hofreiter: “You see already gender moderately from.”

When WDR Broadcasting Program received complaints of several women’s associations, which complained about the broadcast. Among other Plasberg was accused in having made gender studies and gender equality policies ridiculous.

review by the program committee

According to “Bild” newspaper has become the moderator made fun that 190 professors of gender studies are in Germany, of which 180 are female. The program complaint was rejected by the WDR Broadcasting Council, however, because the mission had violated no law.

The media magazine “Meedia” According to it is said in the newsletter of the WDR Broadcasting Council nevertheless, the Programme Committee had recommended because of the massive criticism ., “not to repeat the episode and take them out of the library”

Opposite the “Bild” newspaper explained Ruth Hieronymi, the chairman of the WDR Broadcasting Council: “The choice of our guests and the conference leader were of the seriousness the thread is not sufficient. ” The WDR Program Committee is quoted as assessment, there had been “dealt with a social issue in a dubious manner – not least by the moderator”.

While Moderator frank plasberg has not yet ruled on the issue, Wolfgang Kubicki calls in the “Bild” newspaper, the mission should again “purely in the media libraries” .Dort but gapes now a gap between the “hard but fair “broadcast on February 23 and March 9 from.

is really gone recording in the Internet era, but of course not. On YouTube can be the consequence in question still watch full length.