Editor of major German newspaper says he planted stories for CIA

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105. I pointed out

that Ulfkotte was just jumping on the bandwagon, that what he writes was basically known and widely discussed already before he published his book. That's why I believe him in this instance, when he admits that yes, travels were paid for by those he was reporting on, and yes, he was handed information by intelligence services which he published under his name, during his 17 years as an editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Broder may not associate himself with Pegida, he is still the one who first whined about the dangers of "Islamisation" in Germany and, of course, still does. My point, obviously, was that such screeds don't get you banned from the media. Even your ominous blogger source complained that Ulfkotte was a frequent talkshow guest - as long as he was just writing about the 'dangers of Islamism' and whatnot. Interestingly, though, as soon as you write about media manipulation and name names you will be shunned, even though everybody has read the book by now or heard about it.

Incidentally, the first publication Broder contributed to was a book about "self-censorship" in the German media. Back in the seventies when one could still take him somewhat seriously. He has learned since to keep his provocations within the bounds of trans-Atlantic acceptance.