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After the war, the term “lying press” was also part of the language used in the GDR, where the “capitalist lying press” was constantly denigrated, especially in the TV show “Schwarzer Kanal”. Years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the term “lying press” experienced a resurrection in neo-Nazi and right-wing radical groups in East Germany. In 2009 and 2010, for example, the NPD excluded Western media from its party conferences, which they generally referred to as the “lying press”. Since October 2014, the slogan “lying press” has been chanted repeatedly at demonstrations by the right-wing extremist movement Pegida. by speakers not uae rcs data to speak to the media representatives present because they would distort their statements. As a result, the right-wing extremist party AfD, which grew out of Pegida, also regularly chanted against the “lying press” and its representatives.
In January 2015, "lying press" was chosen as the "unword of the year 2014". In an essay in "Spiegel" in January 2015, media scientist Bernhard Pörksen described the term "lying press" as a conspiracy-theoretical radicalization in the form of media disillusionment. This is mainly fueled on the Internet, but also in the non-fiction market.
These attacks on the established media had an effect. At the end of 2015, no fewer than 39 percent of Germans surveyed believed that there was some truth to the accusation of "lying press." They said that the media concealed important information and distorted facts. In East Germany, agreement with these claims reached as high as 44 percent, as was recorded in an Allensbach study. authorities, by the media."
In January 2015, "lying press" was chosen as the "unword of the year 2014". In an essay in "Spiegel" in January 2015, media scientist Bernhard Pörksen described the term "lying press" as a conspiracy-theoretical radicalization in the form of media disillusionment. This is mainly fueled on the Internet, but also in the non-fiction market.
These attacks on the established media had an effect. At the end of 2015, no fewer than 39 percent of Germans surveyed believed that there was some truth to the accusation of "lying press." They said that the media concealed important information and distorted facts. In East Germany, agreement with these claims reached as high as 44 percent, as was recorded in an Allensbach study. authorities, by the media."