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Medium |
Owner |
History / Background |
Print / Online |
Funkemedien Gruppe |
Considered more populist, critics have blamed it for spreading xenophobia |
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Print / Online |
Styria Medien AG |
Previously supported by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce until Styria Medien bought it in the 90s, has a “conservative-liberal” slant |
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Print / Online |
Funkemedien Gruppe owns 49% |
Founded by US Forces in Austria after WWII, centre-left liberal coverage, third best-selling paper in Austria |
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Print / Online |
Bronner Family and Oscar Bronner (Founder), Axel Springer until 1995, Standard Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H |
has been categorized as left-leaning and liberal, it works in conjunction with the New York Times |
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TV |
Austrian government |
Has its roots in independent broadcasting that took place during the Allied occupation post-WWII, was formerly the Austrian Broadcasting Entity GmbH |
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Armin Wolf
Armin Wolf has been lauded as one of the toughest and most skilled political journalists in Europe, according to Politico. He appears nightly on the popular ORF 10 pm daily news program ZiB2, and often leads the program's six-minute live interview with country's top politicians. Most recently, he has been tough on the Freedom Party, but he gained international attention for his tough interview with Vladimir Putin. The interview lasted an hour and gained attention because Putin rarely speaks with western media. Wolf noted that it was certainly the most challenging interview he had ever done, because of Putin's position of power (the interview took place in the Kremlin), the pauses for translation, and because Putin has a knack for focusing on the interruptions in his interviews, which makes the interviewer begin to appear rude. Overall, Wolf received praise in western media for his interview with Putin and his refusal to be bossed around by the Russian president. Ben Segenreich
Ben Segenreich has worked in Tel Aviv since 1989 as a corespondent for German, Swiss, and Austrian news outlets, primarily covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He began working for ORF in 1990 at their bureau in Tel Aviv. With his wife, he authored a book called Fast Ganz Normal: Unser Leben in Israel (Almost entirely normal: our life in Israel), which combines humorous reflections on their everyday experiences with historical and political outlooks on the past and future of the country. |
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"America First, Austria Second"
This video was created by the ORF, also in response to the original video created by the Netherlands. In contrast to the Namibian video, which was made by a private company, I found it interesting that this response was produced by the government broadcasting corporation, as stated by the Wiener Zeitung. |