Thilo Mischke sharply criticizes sender: “The ARD failed”

The journalist Thilo Mischke has first commented on the debate about his failed commitment as a moderator of the ARD culture program “Title, Theses, Temperaments” (TTT). In an interview of the “Zeit”, Mischke practiced sharp criticism: “The ARD failed”.

The journalist and author Mischke should be the new co-moderator of “TTT” from February. Then there were allegations from sexism from the outside, which refers to the past. It was primarily about mixed -up novel “In 80 women around the world” from 2010. After the ARD initially recorded Mischke, when the criticism became louder, she made a back.

In the interview, Mischke was affected, among other things, about dealing with the ARD with the controversy. “It is important to me to emphasize that I opened the controversial book openly with the ARD in advance,” he said. “I pointed out which problem could be associated with it. It was not interested in anyone.”

A ARD spokeswoman said on request: “We cannot say anything about details because of the ongoing internal processing process.” “TTT” is one of the most famous cultural formats of ARD.

He found out about his lawyer that Mischke is going on. The matter has not yet been clarified for him. He did not want to answer whether he was in a legal dispute with the ARD.

In terms of content, Mischke admitted mistakes and once again distanced himself from the problematic representations in his book. “Many descriptions that I chose for women in this book are sexist and racist,” he said. However, the underlying story is fictional – even if that has not been communicated clearly enough. “Since 2010 I have repeatedly apologized for the title or the content, in different forms and media.”