Dhe murder of 19-year-old student Maria L. from Freiburg, has shaken many people in Germany. A 17-year-old Afghan had been arrested on Friday as the suspected perpetrators. A long, bleached black hair, which had been found at the scene of the crime, brought investigators on the trail of the man. The use of the hair secure a DNA match, according to the police, with the marks on the victim. Mary L. was in the night of the 16. October was raped and murdered. She was on the way home from a Uni Party.
unlike, for instance, the editors of ZDF-”Heute” had decided the editorial staff of the ARD”tagesschau” on the last Saturday regardless of the public interest against a reporting. On Saturday evening the editors had responded to a criticism via Facebook and Twitter: The case had more of “regional importance”, also applies in the case of the underage Suspect, “the special protection of minors”, it said. Kai Gniffke, editor-in-chief of the ARD explained-Currently, once the reasons.
Why didn’t the arrest of a suspect in the murder case of Freiburg, in the “daily show”?
Every murder is terrible. The case in Freiburg, particularly because a young man was snuffed out life. The editors at the “daily show” are not senseless. But we have reported only very rarely in individual criminal cases. There is in the media market editors who have specialized in reporting on criminal cases and this is usually also very appropriate to do. The “Tagesschau” reported about in society, in national and international relevant events. Because a murder is the case – he’s not so bad.
How controversial the case was treated in your editorial?
The editorial Board is open to criticism and takes it as an occasion to examine their own journalistic work to be self-critical. Therefore, there has been a before and after the Freiburg decision of an intense discussion in the Team. There is a broad consensus that we should stay with the “daily show” when reporting on criminal cases in our many years of practice.
in cases When you say the “tagesschau” reported only very rarely in single detective: Can you give an example of a case where the editor for reporting, has decided and why?
Recently, we have reported the murder of a young man in Hamburg, but then the case in the “daily show” dealt with after the IS to this fact has been known. The alleged terrorist Background of this fact was reason enough for us, from an exceptional case to be assumed.
Now, there are, for example, in the social media alleged that the “daily show” have not addressed the case of Freiburg, because the suspect came as a refugee into the country. Take seriously this accusation?
We take any criticism seriously, even this. The origin of the perpetrator changed the case, not in principle, because it is so horrible this fact is also one of the many criminal cases that happen to be in Germany. Should arise, that the group of refugees is represented among the suspects disproportionately to the total population, we would focus on, of course. We have no Problem to call and possibly also the origin of a suspect, you could see in our Cologne new year’s eve coverage, when we have called from the beginning, the origin of the alleged perpetrators.
this is A question that viewers ask you a lot more on your Online Blog,: Had decided the editorial Board in a case with an extreme right Background is different? You have?
We report on the criminal cases, if there is a political or terrorist Background. We do not distinguish whether there is a left – or right-wing extremist Motivation of the perpetrators.
The press ethical question of whether and when media call the origin of perpetrators or suspects, was discussed this year, vehemently. How do you keep it in the “Tagesschau”-editorial?
We call the origin of a perpetrator, or a suspect, if the understanding of the reported process, a justified property.
Can you give an example that illustrates this practice?
In the case of the events in the new year’s eve in Cologne, this property was for us when the band occurring during the offenders, obviously. That is why we have called in our reporting, from the beginning, the Arab or North African origin.
How do you rate the accuracy with which the audience is watching the “daily show” and other media institutions, has increased?
I think this is a positive development. The critical dealing with the media should not only be taught in the school, but in the long term contribute to the journalists again and again in your work. The serves at the end of the quality.
But the pressure is increased?
I’m not sure if the pressure is increased. What has changed is the fact that traditional media must make the dialogue with the customer stronger. This development is the “daily show” through the establishment of the “Tagesschau”blog in 2006, and by an active participation in social networks.
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