{"id":91435,"date":"2021-10-20T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T14:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=91435"},"modified":"2021-10-20T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T14:31:33","slug":"i-cannot-do-it-anymore-i-can-no-longer-remain-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=91435","title":{"rendered":"<h2>\u201cI Cannot Do It Anymore&#8212;I Can No Longer Remain Silent\u201d<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u201cI Cannot Do It Anymore I Can No Longer Remain Silent\u201d \u2013 Open Letter From German Public Broadcaster Employee<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->Great Game India<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/\">open letter, an employee of German public broadcaster<\/a> ARD is critical of one and a half years of Corona coverage: Ole Skambraks has worked as an editorial assistant and editor at the public broadcaster for 12 years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\">\n<p class=\"toc_title\">Contents <span class=\"toc_toggle\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#\">hide<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#No_true_discourse\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> No true discourse <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Paralysing_consensus\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Paralysing consensus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Open_questions\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Open questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Gain_of_function_and_Lab_leak\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> \u201cGain of function\u201d and \u201cLab leak\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Ivermectin_and_alternatives_to_vaccination\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> Ivermectin and alternatives to vaccination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Questions_on_vaccine_efficacy\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">6<\/span> Questions on vaccine efficacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#A_lack_of_basic_journalistic_understanding\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">7<\/span> A lack of basic journalistic understanding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Critics_under_pressure\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">8<\/span> Critics under pressure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Digital_vaccine_passes_and_surveillance\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">9<\/span> Digital vaccine passes and surveillance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Blinkered_vision\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">10<\/span> Blinkered vision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Something_has_gone_wrong\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">11<\/span> Something has gone wrong<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Further_information_from_the_author\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">11.1<\/span> Further information from the author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/#Notes\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">11.2<\/span> Notes:<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47502 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/greatgameindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ICannotDoItAnymoreICanNoLongerRemainSilentOpenLetterFromGermanPublicBroadcasterEmployee.jpg?resize=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/greatgameindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ICannotDoItAnymoreICanNoLongerRemainSilentOpenLetterFromGermanPublicBroadcasterEmployee.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/greatgameindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ICannotDoItAnymoreICanNoLongerRemainSilentOpenLetterFromGermanPublicBroadcasterEmployee.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/greatgameindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ICannotDoItAnymoreICanNoLongerRemainSilentOpenLetterFromGermanPublicBroadcasterEmployee.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/greatgameindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ICannotDoItAnymoreICanNoLongerRemainSilentOpenLetterFromGermanPublicBroadcasterEmployee.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" alt=\"&quot;I Cannot Do It Anymore I Can No Longer Remain Silent&quot; - Open Letter From German Public Broadcaster Employee\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2><span id=\"No_true_discourse\">No true discourse <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I can no longer remain silent. I can no longer silently watch what has been going on for a year and a half now within my organization, a public service broadcaster. Things like \u201cbalance\u201d, \u201csocial cohesion\u201d and \u201cdiversity\u201d in reporting are principles embedded in the statutes and media state contracts. Today, the exact opposite is happening. There is no true discourse and exchange in which all parts of society can come together and find common ground.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning, I felt that public service broadcasting should fill precisely this space: promote dialogue between advocates of measures and critics, between people who are afraid of the virus and people who are afraid of losing their basic rights, between vaccination supporters and vaccination sceptics. For the past year and a half, however, the space for discussion has narrowed considerably.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists and experts who were respected and esteemed before Covid, who were given space in public discourse, are suddenly labelled cranks, tinfoil hat wearers or Covidiots. As an oft-cited example, consider Wolfgang Wodarg, a medical specialist in several fields, an epidemiologist and a long-time health politician. Until the Covid crisis, he was also on the board of Transparency International. In 2010, as Chair of the Council of Europe Health Committee, he exposed the influence of the pharmaceutical industry in the swine flu pandemic. At that time, he was granted the opportunity to express his opinion on public service broadcasting, but in times of Covid this is no longer possible. His voice has been replaced by that of so-called fact-checkers, who seek to discredit him.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Paralysing_consensus\">Paralysing consensus<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Instead of an open exchange of opinions, a \u201cscientific consensus\u201d was proclaimed, that must be defended. Anyone who doubts this and demands a multidimensional perspective on the pandemic, will reap indignation and scorn.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/\">https:\/\/greatgameindia.com\/opn-letter-german-public-broadcaster\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI Cannot Do It Anymore I Can No Longer Remain Silent\u201d \u2013 Open Letter From German Public Broadcaster Employee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}