Marianna in Conspiracyland 1: 6. German Conspiracyland
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2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Why are journalists being attacked in Germany? Marianna travels to Berlin to meet a journalist called Jorg who’s been covering the conspiracy theory movement in his country. He’s been attacked several times trying to do his job and he’s not the only one. Jorg says he’s heard from other journalists who’ve experienced something similar. And the latest figures from Germany show attacks against journalists have risen sharply since the pandemic.
Host: Marianna Spring Producers: Philip Marzouk and Olivia Lace-Evans Producer for BBC Radio 4 podcasts: Nathan Jones Technical Producer: Alex Portfelix Senior news editor: Sam Bonham Commissioner: Rhian Roberts
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| 0:00.0 | A group of men ran in with machetes. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Livy Haydock, and from BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, |
| 0:08.6 | this is gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:13.2 | The scene of the killing near a Chinese bookshop is being flooded with detectives. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the world of the triads. |
| 0:19.6 | If the triads are coming out of you, you're done. |
| 0:21.5 | Where loyalty is sworn in blood. |
| 0:24.8 | Gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:27.6 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:31.1 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:44.9 | I've come to Berlin to meet journalist York, who's been covering the conspiracy theory movement in Germany. |
| 0:54.5 | What happened is I saw a big rally behind me, and then a group of people saw me and attacked me immediately. I'm falling down and they tried to steal my mobile and they hit me on the chest. |
| 1:02.0 | He's been attacked several times by protesters, some of whom he says seem to be linked to the movement here. |
| 1:09.1 | And he's not the only one. York says he's heard from other |
| 1:12.4 | journalists who've experienced similar. The latest figures from Germany show attacks against |
| 1:18.1 | journalists have risen sharply since the pandemic. When investigating the light conspiracy theory |
| 1:27.0 | newspaper in the UK, |
| 1:28.3 | I noticed it describes a German publication called Democratic Resistance. |
| 1:33.3 | York says the German paper plays a key part in the movement over here |
| 1:38.3 | and accuses it of contributing to aggression directed at journalists. |
| 1:42.3 | It is a threat today, especially for democracy and freedom of press, |
| 1:48.0 | and they want to change more or less a political system. |
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