As of: January 4, 2025 1:28 p.m.
The announcement that Thilo Mischke will host the cultural program Title, theses, temperament was supposed to moderate, had attracted strong criticism. The journalist was accused of sexism. Now she has ARD Consequences drawn.
Journalist Thilo Mischke will not be the moderator of the ARD-Cultural review ttt – title, theses, temperament. This gave them ARD became known after the Süddeutsche Zeitung first reported it. Recently, criticism of Mischke has increased due to his prior authorship.
Die ARD said that “the violent discussions about the personality of Thilo Mischke that have arisen in recent days have overshadowed the topics that are central and relevant for us, which we want to convey with the show and the ttt brand and discuss with the community, in order whether this is no longer the case “it’s possible”. Thilo Mischke and them ARD They remain in agreement that the most important thing now is to prevent the reputation of ttt and Mischke from being further tarnished.
protest of cultural workers
The criticism revolved around Mischke’s past, with the focus being on her 2010 book “Around the World in 80 Women.” Mischke traveled the world on a dare to seduce 80 women. That’s where the book comes from.
More than 100 cultural workers wrote an open letter to the ARD and announced that they would refuse to work with Mischke. The signatories criticize him for not having critically examined his previous work and for not having sufficiently distanced himself.
ARD initially stuck to personnel
Die ARD had vor Christmas, it was announced that Mischke and Siham El-Maimouni would host the show starting in mid-February, which is traditionally broadcast late on Sunday evenings. First of all is broadcast. ttt is one of the most famous cultural formats in the world ARD. The show has been running since 1967. Last year, an average of around 850,000 viewers (7.4 percent market share) tuned in. The launch of a cultural podcast was also planned, which Mischke would host with author Jule Lobo.
Die ARD had initially remained loyal to the staff despite criticism and emphasized: “ttt stands against all forms of sexism and racism and, like Thilo Mischke, defends diversity of opinion and tolerance.” Since the book’s publication, he has dealt “in an intense and self-critical manner with accusations that it conveys a sexist image of women and sometimes uses racist language”, he explained.
On the Instagram profile of ttt It was reported on Christmas Eve that they not only received support, but also critical comments. “One thing first: we hear you. » They asked for time to resolve the problem. Today we shared the ARD with, Mischke is still processing the events and will comment on the matter himself in due course.
Known from ProSieben reports
Mischke has been known for years mainly through reports for the private television channel ProSieben and has won several awards, including the German Television Prize in 2023 for the report “Abandoned and forgotten? Afghanistan under the influence of the Taliban” and the Bavarian Television Prize in 2020 for the report “Deutsche an the ISIS front”.
ProSieben was behind Mischke this week. “We appreciate him because he has been producing incredibly important and high-quality reporting for years, for which he has received numerous awards. Judging him solely on the basis of a book from that era is a very, very self-righteous approach that says a lot about those who do exactly that,” Channel X said.
