ZDF separates from presenter Matthias Fornoff

Matthias Fornoff was a face of ZDF and presented the "Politbarometer". After colleagues accused him of misconduct, he had to give up his leadership role. He no longer works for the station at all.

In May, the head of ZDF's main politics and current affairs department was relieved of his duties. He had admitted misconduct against colleagues.

In May, Matthias Fornoff had to give up his position as head of the “Politics and Current Affairs” editorial team, and he has since been dismissed. ZDF confirmed the dismissal, but the broadcaster remained silent on the exact reasons.

When ZDF employees made allegations of harassment against presenter Matthias Fornoff in the spring, the high-profile journalist was demoted. Since then, he has no longer been the station's political editor. Now ZDF has confirmed that it has completely separated from him.

Matthias Fornoff had hosted the "Politbarometer" on ZDF and worked for many years as head of the main editorial department for the station. Now the station has parted ways with the journalist. Previously, there had been reports of complaints about Fornoff's misconduct.

In May, Matthias Fornoff was forced to resign as head of the main editorial department for politics and current affairs at ZDF following allegations against him. As the broadcaster has now announced, he has lost his job completely. ZDF journalist and former head of the main editorial department for politics and current affairs, Matthias Fornoff, no longer works for the broadcaster. A ZDF spokeswoman confirmed this when asked by Stern. The broadc…