Why is it that nowadays the media isn't capable of calling a spade a spade anymore?
Here we got a case where the position of the writer is quite obvious, and he describes the case is a matter that leaves any thinking person no other conclusion than to assume bribery. But the writer (or at least his editor) just can't dare to actually say the word out loud.
If they'd be talking about elephants we'd be hearing somthing like "Ah, yes. We got a big, gray animal here, with four huge round legs, and two flappy ears, and in the front there's a long, flexible trunk...", but they'd never dare to actually use the 'E'-word.
I thought this incapability of calling things by it's name were just limited to election issues (and certain presidents' behaviours), but it seems that in general we can't expect the media to call things by it's proper names anymore.
You can watch ARD and ZDF broadcasts over the Internet
I can?
I'd love to, but so far I haven't been able to find any online broadcasts by either channel. They offer some short snippets, but those were pretty much just teasers or promos.
How, without a full online offering of streams, they can justify expanding the tax to PCs is beyond me...
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Why is it that nowadays the media isn't capable of calling a spade a spade anymore? Here we got a case where the position of the writer is quite obvious, and he describes the case is a matter that leaves any thinking person no other conclusion than to assume bribery. But the writer (or at least his editor) just can't dare to actually say the word out loud. If they'd be talking about elephants we'd be hearing somthing like "Ah, yes. We got a big, gray animal here, with four huge round legs, and two flappy ears, and in the front there's a long, flexible trunk...", but they'd never dare to actually use the 'E'-word. I thought this incapability of calling things by it's name were just limited to election issues (and certain presidents' behaviours), but it seems that in general we can't expect the media to call things by it's proper names anymore.
I'd love to, but so far I haven't been able to find any online broadcasts by either channel. They offer some short snippets, but those were pretty much just teasers or promos.
How, without a full online offering of streams, they can justify expanding the tax to PCs is beyond me...