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| Peer complains to Ofcom over Bauer Media's military magazine | Peer complains to Ofcom over Bauer Media's military magazine |
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| A member of the house of Lords has written to Ofcom questioning whether Bauer Media is a fit and proper company to own broadcasting licences in Britain because it publishes the military magazine Der Landser, which is said to glorify second world war German soldiers who were guilty of war crimes | A member of the house of Lords has written to Ofcom questioning whether Bauer Media is a fit and proper company to own broadcasting licences in Britain because it publishes the military magazine Der Landser, which is said to glorify second world war German soldiers who were guilty of war crimes |
| Lord (Monroe) Palmer has complained to the broadcasting regulator as it considers Bauer's acquisition of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio). | Lord (Monroe) Palmer has complained to the broadcasting regulator as it considers Bauer's acquisition of Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio). |
| His letter follows one sent by the media banker and analyst Bruce Fireman, which I reported on last month. And another peer, Lord (Greville) Janner is, according to his assistant, also considering following suit. | His letter follows one sent by the media banker and analyst Bruce Fireman, which I reported on last month. And another peer, Lord (Greville) Janner is, according to his assistant, also considering following suit. |
| Fireman was interviewed during a segment on Today programme this morning in which reporter Steve Evans reported on Der Landser's controversial content. | Fireman was interviewed during a segment on Today programme this morning in which reporter Steve Evans reported on Der Landser's controversial content. |
| "Bauer Media owns 25% of commercial listening in the United Kingdom and it will add another 5-6% when it acquires Absolute Radio," said Fireman. | "Bauer Media owns 25% of commercial listening in the United Kingdom and it will add another 5-6% when it acquires Absolute Radio," said Fireman. |
| "The question arises whether it's right that this company should be allowed to continue to profit by studiously avoiding mentioning the truth about the people who are honoured in its magazine… Should it be trusted with a licence?" | "The question arises whether it's right that this company should be allowed to continue to profit by studiously avoiding mentioning the truth about the people who are honoured in its magazine… Should it be trusted with a licence?" |
| Evans also interviewed Deidre Berger, director of the Ramer institute for German-Jewish relations. She said the magazine encouraged young people "to have an affinity for world war two. They're glorifying the war, and leaving out completely any mention of Germany's responsibility for the holocaust." | Evans also interviewed Deidre Berger, director of the Ramer institute for German-Jewish relations. She said the magazine encouraged young people "to have an affinity for world war two. They're glorifying the war, and leaving out completely any mention of Germany's responsibility for the holocaust." |
| She added: "Der Landser is a magazine that writes about Germany's role in the war as if the people about whom it writes were not war criminals, and some of them were." | She added: "Der Landser is a magazine that writes about Germany's role in the war as if the people about whom it writes were not war criminals, and some of them were." |
| A journalist with the German daily newspaper, Die Welt, described Der Landser as "a comic for simple minds." | A journalist with the German daily newspaper, Die Welt, described Der Landser as "a comic for simple minds." |
| Bauer told the BBC that the magazine complied with German law. It neither trivialised nor glorified war crimes. | Bauer told the BBC that the magazine complied with German law. It neither trivialised nor glorified war crimes. |
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