By Martin HoffmanThe ECPMF-team is following up its Fact Finding Mission Concept of the enemy, investigating the attacks on journalists in Germany related to the so called "Lying Press-debate". This is an urban myth that dates back to Nazi propaganda in World War II, and symbolises a lack of trust in the media.
Our first Fact Finding Mission published in December revealed a massive increase in the total number of attacks on journalists. They were caused by increasely aggressive populists and extremists mainly at the sites of demonstrations. The follow up will focus on three main topics:
Prosecution by German security…