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In the broadcast on October 11, 2026, the CDU retreat and the processing of election defeats, the escalation of the Houthi conflict, as well as the film screening "Visitation" on the occasion of 100 years of Germany are reported, while legal reasons restrict the reporting on certain sports events. #CDU #HuthiKonflikt #DeutschlandKino (translated)

After a temporary reporting pause by several US broadcasters regarding President Trump, interpreted as a protest against his exclusion of media from the White House, the US Department of Justice is investigating possible violations of antitrust law. #Trump #Medienfreiheit #Justizministerium (translated)

Richard Schmitt criticized that ORF referred to the AfD as "far-right" in its morning news at 6:30 AM without explaining or providing evidence. He accused the broadcaster of having a leftist orientation and claimed that everything to the right of Marx is classified as far-right there. Schmitt demanded either neutral reporting or the privatization of the broadcaster. Since he believed that neutral reporting was no longer attainable, he advocated for privatization and said that leftist activists would then have to raise 800 million euros themselves to maintain their propaganda offerings. He also urged the AfD to file a lawsuit. #Sonntag #Medienkritik #AfD (translated)

Lars Winkelsdorf wrote that he had spoken a few months ago at a personal meeting with August Hanning about Hanning's financial situation. Hanning had brought up the topic himself. The current media coverage does not adequately represent the situation from Winkelsdorf's perspective, as it appears as an exposure of the motives behind Hanning's alleged actions. According to him, Hanning explained that he had entered the supervisory board of the Latvian PNB Bank through Anders Rasmussen. An oligarch then plundered the bank, stripping it of about 30 million euros. In a civil proceeding under Latvian law, Hanning was held liable; the judgment was later enforced in Germany, and a significant portion of his pension was garnished. Winkelsdorf described Hanning as an indirectly harmed party of criminal acts and wrote that his attempts to get out of the situation had failed. It was not about losses from risky investments but rather that Hanning had been "taken advantage of," he wrote. Rasmussen has not had to pay anything so far; Winkelsdorf added that Denmark may have better laws than Germany. https://t.co/KJQ6fW9Au0 #Finanzen #Medien #Justiz (translated)

"The lifting of immunity and the reporting of the past few days about it burden the office," Politze was quoted as saying in the faction's statement. "Therefore, I will take political responsibility and, out of responsibility for the faction, resign from my office," Politze said on Thursday evening. I am currently not aware of any reasons. Following the lifting of immunity in connection with the investigations, Politze said: "I am currently not aware of any reasons." I have nothing to reproach myself for at the moment. #Politik #Niedersachsen #SPD (translated)

In a historic mega-deal, the media company Paramount acquires the competing broadcaster Warner Bros. Discovery for over 110 billion US dollars, while Donald Trump hopes for a change in coverage at CNN, whose new chief David Ellison is a loyal Trump member. #Trump #CNN #MedienÜbernahme (translated)

Sarah Maria Sander wrote that the third anniversary of October 8 feels particularly overwhelming for her. In the two previous years, she hardly had time to pause: in 2024, she spent the first anniversary in evacuated areas in the north near the border with Lebanon, while sirens wailed and rockets from Hezbollah flew overhead. In 2025, she anxiously worried every hour that a hostage might die. Now, she is overwhelmed by the space to reflect, Sander wrote. Besides the memories of the dead, the survivors, and the violence, she lamented the indifference of people on the street. She also criticized a reporting style that, in her view, did not even grant the victims the dignity they deserved for a single day, using their suffering for political agendas and moral elevation. Sander wrote that she has not found peace for three years. She thinks of the people who were killed on the Nova grounds, of children whose childhoods came to an abrupt end, of screams, and of families who perished in the fire. She also recalled the fear in the eyes of Shiri Bibas as she held her children tightly. Despite the pain, one must continue to live and find an answer anew every day as to how that is possible. #Erinnerung #Trauer #Leben (translated)

On October 7, 2006, the investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow after she had attracted powerful enemies, particularly the Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov, through her reporting on torture, corruption, and the war in Chechnya. #AnnaPolitkowskaja #Menschenrechte #Journalismus (translated)

Leah von Roden criticized a ZDF report on the election of the President of the State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. The piece, perhaps unintentionally, struck the tone of a condolence piece and showed only 17 seconds of Mr. Rausch's speech during a total duration of 4:14 minutes. She believed that more content from the speech might have been of interest, especially considering future criticism. #Wahlbericht #Medienkritik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)