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"Today's Journal": "You Spit Thousands in Your Face" – Zdf Employees Accuse Unknown Colleague of Betrayal

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The ZDF used AI images in the "today journal". The station apologized and even called an internal crisis meeting. Images of them landed at "Nius". The staff reacts with massive rage.

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The ZDF used AI images in the "today journal". The station apologized and even called an internal crisis meeting. Images of them landed at "Nius". The staff reacts with massive rage.

·Dortmund, Germany
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After the affair for AI images in the »today journal«, ZDF does not come to rest. AfD and right-hand portals attack the station, the staff is worn out. In addition, betrayal comes from their own ranks.

·Germany
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In ZDF, the affair about the AI-generated video in the "Today's Journal" continues to cause unrest. However, the anger of many employees seems to be less directed against the journalistic scandal itself – but against the anonymous colleague, who apparently recorded and passed on an internal crisis meeting.The article ZDF employees attack colleagues – instead of being outraged by the AI scandal, Tichy's insight first appeared.

ZDF is still reeling from the controversy surrounding AI images in its "Heute-Journal" news program. On the broadcaster's intranet, several hundred employees are taking a stand against an unknown colleague who apparently recorded and leaked an internal crisis meeting. Hubert Krech, a member of the staff council, addressed the anonymous employee in a comment: "You think you're a hero because you 'really showed' ZDF and the bosses? Did you really?…

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Spiegel broke the news in Germany on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
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