ARD sludgeassel: false graphics ensure ridicule and malice on the net!

ARD sludgeassel: false graphics ensure ridicule and malice on the net!

In yesterday's "Report from Berlin" of the ARD there was a mistake that caused plenty of conversation on the Internet. During the political talk show, moderated by Markus Preiß, a faulty graphic was shown that was poll results from various parties. It was striking that the columns of the SPD and the Greens were incorrectly indicated than that of the AfD - despite the opposite percentage values.

A week after the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, there was still discussion about potential coalitions and controversial party members during the conversation. Markus Preiß conducted an Interview with Markus Söder, the chairman of the CSU. This commented on current political issues, including Sahra Wagenknecht and the election campaign of his party colleague Mario Voigt in Thuringia.

The actual scandal was created when Preiß presented a survey that should simulate the election behavior of the Germans in a federal election next Sunday. The data for this survey came from the renowned research institute "Infratest dimap". The Pillar of the SPD (15 percent) was incorrectly shown higher than that of the AfD (17 percent). The pillar of the Greens was also visually larger, although only 11 percent of the respondents would vote for this party.

X users and the parallels to "Goodbye Lenin"

The reactions on the Internet were not long in coming. AfD boss Alice Weidel commented smugly on the platform X: "If you cannot change the unpleasant numbers in the 'Report from Berlin', at least the visual representation." Another user pulled parallels to the film "Goodbye Lenin" and said: "Someone plays 'Goodbye Lenin'."

On Monday, the official apology of the ARD followed by an X-report: "Unfortunately, we made a mistake in yesterday's program. In the graphic for the Sunday question, the proportions of the beams were not correct-the numbers were correct." The ARD also published the corrected graphic and asked for the oversight.

More details on this topic can be found in a detailed report on www.welt.de .