How Germany's right wing populists plan to reshape Germany's public media | DW News

Germany's public broadcasters are meant to be independent of the government. Now the AfD wants to shake up that system, starting in Saxony-Anhalt. Broadcasters and community media fear they could lose crucial funding. But could the party really carry out its plans?

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Chapters:
00:00 AfD pushes to overhaul public broadcasting
00:36 What the plans could mean for Saxony-Anhalt
01:00 Lessons from Hungary and Slovakia
01:30 How Germany's public media is funded
02:10 Local broadcaster fears funding cuts
03:58 Are independent media under threat?
05:00 Interview DW Political Correspondent Matthew Moore
05:00 Why is the AfD targeting public broadcasting?
06:50 Can Saxony-Anhalt leave the broadcasting treaty?
07:50 What ending the treaty would mean
08:54 Does Germany want to scrap public broadcasting?

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