In the middle of the debate over the controversial Erdoğan Poem TV presenter Jan Böhmermann has the German Adult Education Association the 35-year-olds awarded another award.
For his contributions to the development of television in the digital world, he received the Westphalian Marl at the presentation of the Grimme-TV awards the “Special award” of DVV. This is awarded annually at the Grimme Award Gala. Böhmermann had not come to Marl.
The decision for this award had fallen in November last year, said the DVV President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer who is also prime minister of Saarland. For his satire on the middle finger of the Greek ex-Finance Minister Giani Varoufakis Böhmermann had previously been awarded a Grimme Award.
Böhmermann stands for a last week in the television station ZDFneo broadcast libelous poem about the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the criticism. In the text he used terms below the waistline. The Mainz prosecutor has launched investigations after complaints against him and ZDF managers on suspicion of insulting organs or representatives of foreign states. . Imaginary After massive criticism of his as satire Erdoğan-piece he had canceled his personal attendance at the ceremony in Marl in the morning
The DVV President also commented on the controversial poem: “This poem certainly has the violated boundaries of good taste and is sure anything Grimme prize worthy. “But that does not alter Böhmer’s qualities and benefits of an open, bold and democratically-based media world. “That’s why this award is earned.”
In a magazine for this year’s Grimme Prize ceremony says of Böhmermann: “His goal is to consume content not merely thoughtless; the viewer to have a lasting deal ideally with the issue. “
A total of 15 Grimme prizes were awarded, mostly to productions of public broadcasters. But some formats of private broadcasters were going “vineyard” even comes from the Subscriber channel TNT Serie. For the first time Prices for children’s and youth productions as well as for special journalism were awarded.
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