This is a topic on social media, but especially on the Musk platform. Even though media bias was sometimes acceptable in the case of HC Strauch, Sebastian Kurz, and most recently Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann, it is currently the most common reason for silence. . And it is just like that. Caution is advised, especially when it comes to anonymous allegations. The presumption of innocence must apply. Nevertheless, the present case highlights the background issues. What’s going on in the leftist landscape.
He was given repeated warnings not to invite him, not to allow him to speak as an expert on “ZiB”. The antifa photographer himself is deeply rooted in the extreme leftist scene. But instead of listening to warnings, ORF Centre’s well-known blogger was recently chosen as one of the ten best investigative journalists in the country. From an expert jury, that is, from your colleagues. The fact that many of these associates were already aware of the allegations that have now surfaced is one of the biggest topics currently in debate. Freelance journalist and feminist author Miriam Suter writes: “…this case happens in my magazine Bubble. As a result, I was and am one of those people who “knew it all for a long time”. She blames the patriarchal image of men prevalent in journalism for her long silence. “That’s just the way it is… you just have to be a little careful with it” was the mantra for a long time. She writes with startling honesty: “…and because I was socialized as a woman, the influence of choosing me came up from time to time: if I were a woman and as a journalist. I like it, so it gives me a certain value. After all: he’s the top shot in the industry! He’s exactly the kind of person I always wanted to be!” (sic)
And another well-known figure from the leftist spectrum is also causing a stir online with his assessment. Stephanie Sernagel writes: “Men in the leftist radical landscape: weird, rude, not socially acceptable, egotistical for no reason, forever 16, smelly.” Green politician Victoria Spielmann (who calls herself “Vicky Spielfrau” on social networks) said: “Maybe you can think about it for 2 minutes that unfortunately the left is not automatically an anti-sexist space, “Let alone a safe place. You have to do something about that. It’s going to take a lot of time.” (Thus)
From what comes out of the allegations of sexual violence against the photographer, it seems clear that there is a problem with leftist media and the leftist political culture associated with it. The fact that ORF repeatedly allowed a person to speak as an expert on the country’s most important news program, whom even his colleagues unhesitatingly describe as a “leftist radical”, is in any case extremely worrying. .
