ORF under fire: Forced fee payers have to put up with bizarre reporting!

ORF under fire: Forced fee payers have to put up with bizarre reporting!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The ORF triggered a storm of indignation with a controversial contribution about "right -wing extremist codes" in Emojis. Christian Hafenecker, General Secretary of the FPÖ, criticized the broadcaster sharply for his alleged obsession with harmless symbols such as ballpoint pens and flashing, which were analyzed in an almost eight -minute contribution. This is a new low point of the politically colored reporting, where even "pseudo -experts" are consulted by the documentation archive of the Austrian resistance (DÖW) in order to derive supposed left -wing conspiracy theories, according to Hafenecker in an explanation that OTS .

The FPÖ politician also draws attention to the distracting Journalism practice of the ORF, which in times of security policy challenges-all of them are spoken of an increase in Islamist violence-compulsorily harmless emojis as a dangerous codes. Hafenecker called for a fundamental realignment of the ORF to seriously tackle the actually serious problems in Austria. He sees “state security” responsibility to focus on real threats instead of investing resources in the pursuit of “hate posters”. These allegations make in a context that is shaped by a well -founded dispute over the identity and politics of the so -called "right -wing extremist experts" in Austria.

right -wing extremism experts under the magnifying glass

The discussion about the classification of right-wing extremism is strongly determined by certain "experts", as a report by of course-magazin.com . Among these are Judith Goetz and Bernhard Weidinger from the Döw, both of whom are considered central figures in the right -wing extremist research. Goetz has already commented negatively about the FPÖ in the past and has been classified as part of the "right -wing extremist spectrum", while Weidinger, in turn, intervene actively on social media against right -wing conservatives, including the FPÖ.

The reports of, of course, show that there is a strong dichotomy in Austrian society that is promoted by a small group of left -wing actors. It puts the discourses on what is considered extremist and takes the debates about security and social cohesion into the background - a dynamics that must be confronted with the critical demand for more objectivity and fidelity in the media.