GERMAN TV PULLS PLUG ON ROGER WATERS CONCERT DUE TO ANTISEMITISM
Photo: Pig with Jewish Star at The German public television outlet WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) cancelled on Saturday its slated cooperation concert with the former Pink Floyd band member Roger Waters because of a wave of protests against the singer's alleged "anti-Jewish" views.
Malca Goldstein-Wolf launched a petition to prevent WDR from using tax-payer money to fund a "Jew-hater."
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Malca Goldstein-Wolf referenced in the petition a summer scandal in which the WDR initially refused to air a documentary film about contemporary antisemitism in Europe , as further evidence that WDR is largely clueless about modern antisemitism. WDR initially sought to censor the documentary, Chosen and Excluded – The Hate for Jews , which it commissioned, but public pressure compelled the news organization to show the film.
WDR was the subject of another round of criticism for providing faulty fact checks during the documentary film's airing, according to antisemitism experts in Germany. The film is widely considered to be one of the most important documentaries on all forms of antisemitism, according to experts and commentators. France's public TV outlet, Arte, refused to show the documentary .
I really use to love Pink Floyd. Didn't even realize this about Waters.