On Tuesday, Defence Minister Karl-Theodor resigned to Guttenberg . He drew the consequences from the affair to an unmarked quotations in his dissertation. In order for the week-long campaign of much of the media and opposition was successful. That alone says a lot about the state of our political class and its "political culture".
understood order not to be wrong: Guttenberg has failed as a scientist, the denial of the doctorate was therefore imperative. However, this track was and is not a prerequisite for being able to hold a ministerial post in Germany. It was also of German universities in similar cases have different procedures. And what can you as a doctorate in law. Doctor of SPD parliamentarians do the one article in an legal journal published, but do not fit the footnotes to the text? Errors, transposed numbers or deliberate deception? And what should be the consequences? Withdrawal of the mandate or even expulsion from the party? The latter case is not hypothetical, and shows how selective is scandalized when it comes to the connection between science and politics.
Andreas Fischer-Lescano who brought the affair to Guttenberg rolling is not only a military law expert, but is also very far left of the political spectrum. Someone like him has a favorite CSU Minister Guttenberg as his has always been a thorn in the eye. Now, after the resignation, the sinking German political class back into mediocrity and that blassenn Parteisoldatentum, and we consider this a representative democracy. This is reason for concern.
is even more troubling, the fact that Guttenberg neither of his administration have stumbled upon the charge of malpractice, but a private matter. It would have been enough reason for substantive criticism of the German foreign and security policy in general and the defense minister in particular. But such a criticism and opposition media were only partially capable. In the last two weeks, unfortunately, the whole debate about the planned reform, etc. the question after Guttenberg's dissertation reduced - as if a remote constitutional text would be crucial for the German security policy. Absurd! Instead of a substantial security discussion leads to a superficial rather than promotion issues.
have failed our media is being completely marginalized subjects have inflated artificially suppressed and so the actual core of the attention. But remember the citizens of this case, the Guttenberg was after Thilo Sarrazin the second within a few months, where public and published opinion divergence between far. In both cases, the sympathies of the population were clearly among those who which were mangled by the media. That must make the Journaille particularly angry, it shows the limits to the media control and manipulation capability. Heribert Prantl of the Süddeutsche Zeitung has called on Tuesday evening during an interview on ORF's resignation in commendable openness as a success of the German media.
was the remainder of the causa Guttenberg again a testament to the leadership of the German media campaign that looked as if they are all controlled from a single location. In place of critical coverage of a problem, the chase comes to a person (or persons), which necessarily displaced from the public should be. Recently it was Guido Westerwelle, fired on all cylinders against was and his days were counted as foreign minister has said.
Because of these flagrant violations of the rules of good journalism and human decency, it is German reporters not good, soar to the moralizing judge of other people - lie finally many of them as printed, which is why the appeals morale and decency from the mouths of professional hacks are simply ridiculous.
Another field in which I feel misinformed by many German media, the situation in North Africa. The ladies and gentlemen, are much too involved to portray the developments there sober. Again and again, is a "democratic revolution" is mentioned, although up to now in these countries at best can only be a partial change of elites of the question. At the same time the dark side of events is glossed over. From both Tunisia and Egypt from a significant increase in crime is reported. Apparently, the partial collapse of the security agencies from political activists to be less rather than exploited by ordinary criminals. Similar evidence is available to aliens, these days in Libya had been evacuated. Such chaos, during which there have been countless acts of violence by irregular armed bands comes, are not democratic, but simply criminal.
agitpropmäßige Similarly, the "reporting" about demonstrations against the government. The German media say regularly, it was a matter of peaceful demonstrators. When it comes to riots, then also (almost) always been the fault of the security forces that are "brutal" action against the "peaceful" demonstrators in any case. Apparently there is some journalists are not in the sense that throwing stones or shooting protesters do not act more peacefully and thus does not on a (however formulated) human rights can rely on freedom of assembly. The One-dimensionality and the Manichean worldview of many journalists are frightening - especially if you by the license fee still must pay for it.
As I wrote two weeks ago already , remember the events in North Africa to the revolutions in Russia anno 1917 . The overthrow of the Tsar in February was also followed months-long chaos, where there have been countless criminal acts came, who often was barely given a political painting. Neither private property nor life was worth something in 1917. And it took until the mid-1920s, until a new, reasonably reliable state authority could be established - but a Bolshevik. It is not enough to want to eliminate an old order, one must also something new put in its place. This does not happen quickly, so weathered the dregs of society morning air and terrorized the rest of the citizens. Such is certainly revolutionary, democratic, it is in any case.
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