"Basic Law Knows No Truth Supervision": Ben Berndt Sues the State Media Institute NRW
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After the dispute over a podcast episode with Björn Höcke against the Landesmedienanstalt NRW, the podcaster Ben Berndt moves to court. Berndt wants to have it clarified in principle whether the media supervision may oblige him to postulate interview statements.
According to his Höcke interview, Ben Berndt was to place statements later. Now the podcaster is suing the NRW Media Institute. It is about the boundaries of state supervision over journalistic work.
The podcaster Ben Berndt sues the NRW Media Supervision. The point of dispute is an uncommented false statement by Björn Höcke.
An interview with AfD politician Björn Höcke creates a dispute between podcaster Ben Berndt and the media supervisor. Berndt now wants to go to court. It is about journalistic due diligence.
Official script: Podcaster Ben Berndt sues the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, reports the "Welt". His lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel had filed a lawsuit with the Verwaltungsgericht Köln. The plaintiffs objected to a decision by the Medienanstalt, which accuses Berndt of violating the journalistic duty of care, because he had not objected to a false statement by AfD politician Björn Höcke. The Medienanstalt closed the proceedings in September without s…
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