Scandalous ORF reporting: Affected pupils speak out!

Nach dem Graz-Attentat kritisieren Betroffene die Berichterstattung des ORF über Interviews mit Jugendlichen. Was geschah?
After the Graz attack, those affected criticize the ORF reporting on interviews with young people. What happened? (Symbolbild/DNAT)

Scandalous ORF reporting: Affected pupils speak out!

The Graz attack that took place in the Dreierschützengasse grammar school shakes the Austrian society. As a result of the incident, serious allegations against ORF became loud. The broadcaster was criticized because he published interviews with survivors and classmates, although the approval of the legal guardians is unclear. In particular, an underage student gave insights into his traumatic experiences in the interview, while other students who had been asked to give no interviews were shown by name and with image. This caused outrage among those affected and their families.

The deputy school spokesman expressed his concern about reporting and explained that the student representative and the school management had asked for more respect. ORF-Influencer Idan Hanin, who interviewed several students for Instagram, contributed to controversy. Exxpress reports that ORF did not respond to a press request and the criticism of journalists, including the profile chief editor Anna thalhammer, back. Thalhammer rejected allegations that the magazine wanted to take advantage of the shock moment of a mother and made a comparison between the reporting of the ORF and other media.

radicalization of young people

In parallel to the current events, the radicalization of young people is an urgent problem in Austria. A case that receives special attention is that of a 14-year-old Muslim from Montenegro, which was arrested in May 2023. This youth, referred to as L., began her radicalization on social media, in particular Tikkok, where she came into contact with extremist views. Together with another young person, L. planned attacks, including knife attacks on "unbelievers" and bombings in Graz.

The security authorities were able to reconstruct several chats on Telegram, in which L. discussed details of their stop plans. One reason for their radicalization could be the use of social networks that serve as the main channel for the spread of extremist content. profile reports that L.S access to extremist information about a network of Like -minded people contributed strongly to plan their attacks.

extremism on the Internet

The constitutional protection report 2023 has found that people under the age of 25 are particularly susceptible to extremist Islamism. Similar cases of radicalization have been registered in Austria, which underlines the need to educate young people about the dangers of extremism. The spread of extremist ideas is often done by attractive formats such as videos and songs that are served young people as entertainment and as supposed political education. youth and media emphasizes that extremist ideologies tend to share the world into friends and enemy and thus to stir up resentments against others.

Future measures must aim to contain the radicalization among young people, while the media should ensure that reporting about such events is respectful and responsibly.

Details
OrtGraz, Österreich
Quellen