Ο κ. Τσιπρας και το πανευρωπαϊκο πολιτικο ντιμπεητ

Οταν η επαρχια ανοιγεται στον πλανητη, πεφτουν θυματα οσοι ειναι ανετοιμοι για τις αυξημενες απαιτησεις του πλανητη.

Παντα ελεγα οτι τα ελληνικα ΜΜΕ ειναι τυχερα που ειναι τοσο ασημαντα σε πλανητικο επιπεδο, αλλιως θα κινδυνευαν με μηνυσεις και διεθνη κατακραυγη καθε δευτερη μερα. Τα πραγματα που γραφονται και λεγονται ειναι τυπικα δειγματα groupthink, πασχουν πολυ συχνα απο πληρη αγνοια του τι ειναι αποδεκτο στην διεθνη κοινη γνωμη.

Απο το 2008 και μετα βεβαια ο κοσμος εχει αρχισει να προσεχει λιγο περισσοτερο τι λεμε και γραφουμε στην Ελλαδα. Πολλοι ομως στο μικρο γαλατικο χωριο δεν το εχουν καταλαβει ακομα, νομιζουν οτι μπορουν να λενε ο,τι θελουν και να περναει απαρατηρητο. Να λενε άλλα στο εσωτερικο και άλλα στο εξωτερικο, αλλα κανεις να μην τους κριτικαρει για αυτην την ασυνεπεια.

Ο κ. Τσιπρας εχει υποπεσει συστηματικα, απ’οσο εχω παρατηρησει, σε αυτη την τακτικη. Στο εξωτερικο προσπαθει να χτισει το προφιλ της σοβαρης εναλλακτικης στο σαπιο ελληνικο πολιτικο συστημα, στο εσωτερικο χαϊδευει τα πιο αντιαμερικανικα, αντιγερμανικα και συχνα αντιδημοκρατικα αυτια, με πραγματικα παλιομοδιτικο λαϊκισμο. Κατι που δεν ειναι μονο υποκριτικο και αναξιοπρεπες, εν τελει δεν ειναι και ιδιαιτερα ευφυες. Γιατι καποια στιγμη πετυχαινει σοβαρους δημοσιογραφους που δεν αφηνουν αυτην την τακτικη να περασει απαρατηρητη, και ουτε βεβαια προκειται να συγκινηθουν απο τις τακτικες εκφοβισμου και παρενοχλησης που συνηθιζουν οι Ελληνες πολιτικοι εναντιον των δημοσιογραφων.

Παραθετω μερος μεηλ του Μίχαελ Μαρτενς, δημοσιογραφου της Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, μετα απο συνεντευξη με τον κ. Τσιπρα που πηγε καπως στραβα (επικοινωνησα με τον ΜΜ που με διαβεβαιωσε οτι ειναι αυθεντικο το κειμενο και μπορω να το αναδημοσιευσω. Εμφαση και σχολια δικα μου.).

From: Martens, Michael
Date: 25 July 2013 01:21
Subject: Concerning the allegations of Alexis Tsipras and “Avgi” against “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”
To: “danai.badogianni@gmail.com”

Istanbul, July 25th 2013

Dear Mr. Tsipras, Dear Mrs. Badogianni,

I hope this message finds you well. I have seen that “Avgi” has published their version of the “interview” between FAZ and Mr. Tsipras. We will publish our interpretation of the events in our Sundays edition and in some additional stories to follow in the days after it.

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4. Regarding your Email to the editor of “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” from today (July 24th) which you titled: „Written complaint on behalf of Alexis Tsipras concerning the broken off interview with FAZ on 19.07.2013”. In this Email you, in the name of Mr. Tsipras, claim that I went “way beyond the journalistic working ethics” and used „rumours, statements of third persons and information taken without double-checking” as a basis for my questions and thus was unprofessional and even on the level of “yellow press” (“Klatschpresse”). You probably understand, that those are serious allegations against a journalist who depends on his reputation. So I would be very grateful if, regarding these allegations, you would be so kind as to answer my following questions:

a) Is the cartoon of Adolf Hitler calling Angela Merkel (published in “Avgi”, on April 14th) to which I refereed in my first and second question of the interview a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking”?

b) In my third question I asked whether Mr. Tsipras believes that all the talk about today’s Germany being the “fourth Reich”, wanting to “colonize” Greece etc. is really the kind of language that European leaders in 2013 should use. To this, Mr. Tsipras answered that “neither Syriza nor Avgi” have ever uttered those kinds of statements [εδω εδειξε και απειρια ο κ. Τσιπρας. Πως ειναι δυνατον να εγγυαται προσωπικα για το περιεχομενο μιας εφημεριδας που εκδιδεται καθημερινα με τοσα κειμενα??]. Is it in your view a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking” to point out – as one example of many – to an article by “Avgi” dated 20.07.2013 with the title “Gauleiter Schauble supports his students…” (author Dimitris Stoumbos, link) below
http://www.avgi.gr/article/653893/o-gkaoulaiter-soimple-stirizei-tous-mathites-tou-
[πρωτη φραση του κειμενου “Με την επίσκεψη-“αστραπή” (κατά το γνωστό Blitzkrieg των ναζιστών στον Β’ Παγκόσμιο πόλεμο) του Σόιμπλε στην πατρίδα μας”. Κιομως, στην Αυγη να παρομοιαζεις την συγχρονη Γερμανια, συντροφο και συμμαχο σε ΕΕ και ΝΑΤΟ, με Ναζι, θεωρειται αποδεκτο.]

c) Is it in your view a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking” to point out to a speech given by Mr. Tsipras on 24/04/2013 at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (link to the official transcript provided by the official SYRIZA press office http://bit.ly/17AWFdh) where he said: “Surrendering to Ms. Merkel’s strategy creates the conditions for the economic colonization of the country“. Is a journalist who simply asks Mr. Tsipras what he meant by that statement “yellow press”?

Οπως ειπα και στον κ. Μαρτενς χαιρομαι που η FAZ ασχολειται με ελληνικες εφημεριδες, ακομα και αν ειναι για ενα μαλλον δυσαρεστο θεμα με μια εφημεριδα πολυ συγκεκριμενων προτιμησεων (ε δεν ειναι τυχαιο οτι διαλεξαν το ονομα του καταδρομικου Αβρορα!). Η Ενωση δεν μπορει να επιβιωσει αν οι πολιτες της δεν μιλανε μεταξυ τους, ακομα και για να κριτικαρουν ο ενας τον αλλο.

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Ολο το μεηλ χωρις αλλαγες:

Istanbul, July 25th 2013

Dear Mr. Tsipras, Dear Mrs. Badogianni,

I hope this message finds you well. I have seen that “Avgi” has published their version of the “interview” between FAZ and Mr. Tsipras. We will publish our interpretation of the events in our Sundays edition and in some additional stories to follow in the days after it. As you, Mrs. Badogianni, will play a role as well in the story – first with your telephone interventions after the interview and then with the letter you emailed to my editor today, which he immediately forwarded to me – I wanted to ask you whether you want to comment on your version of the events. I have prepared some questions which you may answer on the record if you wish so. Since Syriza decided to leak their version of the events to “Avgi”, I take the liberty to add some Greek and German friends and colleagues who might be interested in the case as Bcc in this Email.

1. After the interview, you called journalists from “Kathimerini” and myself, asking me whether I met Mr. Papachelas or any other colleague from “Kathimerini” to prepare my questions. Even though it is none of your business whom I meet to prepare an interview, I assured you several times that I never in my life met Mr. Papachelas. Then you asked me: “Are you sure you did not meet with any other colleague from Kathimerini?” So my first question is: Do you find it normal that the person in charge of press affairs of the opposition leader in an EU member state, after an interview that was broken off by the interviewee, is calling journalists and urges them to reveal whom they have or have not met before the interview?
2. More precisely: Do you consider it normal that you call a foreign correspondent to interrogate him about whom he spoke with to prepare his questions?
3. Do you consider it normal that you, as press attaché of the leader of the Greek opposition, ask Greek journalists whether they spoke to a foreign journalist before an interview with Mr. Tsipras?
4. Regarding your Email to the editor of “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” from today (July 24th) which you titled: „Written complaint on behalf of Alexis Tsipras concerning the broken off interview with FAZ on 19.07.2013”. In this Email you, in the name of Mr. Tsipras, claim that I went “way beyond the journalistic working ethics” and used „rumours, statements of third persons and information taken without double-checking” as a basis for my questions and thus was unprofessional and even on the level of “yellow press” (“Klatschpresse”). You probably understand, that those are serious allegations against a journalist who depends on his reputation. So I would be very grateful if, regarding these allegations, you would be so kind as to answer my following questions:

a) Is the cartoon of Adolf Hitler calling Angela Merkel (published in “Avgi”, on April 14th) to which I refereed in my first and second question of the interview a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking”?
b) In my third question I asked whether Mr. Tsipras believes that all the talk about today’s Germany being the “fourth Reich”, wanting to “colonize” Greece etc. is really the kind of language that European leaders in 2013 should use. To this, Mr. Tsipras answered that “neither Syriza nor Avgi” have ever uttered those kinds of statements. Is it in your view a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking” to point out – as one example of many – to an article by “Avgi” dated 20.07.2013 with the title “Gauleiter Schauble supports his students…” (author Dimitris Stoumbos, link) below
http://www.avgi.gr/article/653893/o-gkaoulaiter-soimple-stirizei-tous-mathites-tou-
c) Is it in your view a “rumour, a statement of a third person or an information taken without double-checking” to point out to a speech given by Mr. Tsipras on 24/04/2013 at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (link to the official transcript provided by the official SYRIZA press office http://bit.ly/17AWFdh) where he said: “Surrendering to Ms. Merkel’s strategy creates the conditions for the economic colonization of the country“. Is a journalist who simply asks Mr. Tsipras what he meant by that statement “yellow press”?

5. Regarding my fifth and last question that led Mr. Tsipras to break off the interview. The question was: “In June 2012 you said Pasok / ND “lowered the Greek flag and surrendered it to Angela Merkel”. Could you elaborate on what that means? Mr. Tsipras first said he “cannot remember” whether he said the sentence about the lowered flag surrendered to Angela Merkel by Pasok and ND, and later claimed he “never” said that. Then he ended the interview telling me I have ill intentions and am “not kind”. Would you please comment:

a ) Is the enclosed link of the main campaign speech of Mr. Tsipras on Omonia square on June 14th, 2012, where he utters exactly the sentence (see timestamp 15.04) which I quoted in the interview and which lead to the break off of the interview, in your eyes a falsification?

b) Is a journalist who relies on the website of Syriza to prepare his questions guilty of using „rumours, statements of third persons and information taken without double-checking”, considering that according to the website of Syriza he indeed uttered the sentence which he claimed never to have uttered? (please check link or the screenshot attached)

http://www.syriza.gr/ομιλία-του-αλέξη-τσίπρα-στην-κεντρική/