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@johl@mastodon.xyz
2025-06-19 16:08:03

I blogged about the history of the public-service broadcasting institution ARD in Germany and how I finally got access to TV program data to answer my reoccuring question of when the news program is on tonight in the spirit of "Public Money, Public Good".
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O News Program, When Art Thou On?
A very German question is “when is Tagesthemen on tonight?”. The longer, more in-depth news program on German public-service television is a good starting point or summary for the news of the day. In days long gone, you would probably look up the air date in a printed TV program guide, but in the age of Internet and data, there should be a better way. From Propaganda to Public Service After World War II, the Allied powers sought to dismantle the propaganda mechanisms that had supported the …

@benrosstransit@mastodon.social
2025-06-13 13:42:22

@… This is a silly dispute. When bad actors exploit real problems, not trying to fix the prblems is the wrong answer. Should anti-Nazi Germans in 1930 have stopped trying to fix the economy?
And at the same time scientists should try to be as precise as possible in what they say.