"Elmar Thevessen, the US correspondent for Germany's public broadcast TV channel Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), talked about the mood in the US after the murder of influencer Charlie Kirk on his channel's talk show "Markus Lanz" last week. During the show, Thevessen made one comment that caused a stir. He said Kirk had advocated stoning homosexuals. However, this is not true, which was admitted by the ZDF afterwards."
"Thevessen later also said in a ZDF-podcast that Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff at the White House, had beliefs that were "somewhat reminiscent of the ideology of the Third Reich." This was enough to prompt Richard Grenell, former US ambassador to Germany, to threaten Thevessen with the revocation of his journalist visa for the US. Grenell posted on X that Thevessen was a "radical leftist" who incited violence against people who held different opinions."
"In a statement, ZDF explained that Thevessen had wanted to draw attention to an attitude within the US government "that advocates a strong concentration of power in the hands of the president and calls democratic norms into question.""
A dispute centers on remarks made by Elmar Thevessen, the US correspondent for ZDF, after the killing of influencer Charlie Kirk at a Utah university event on September 10. Thevessen falsely claimed on a TV talk show that Kirk had advocated stoning homosexuals, a statement ZDF later admitted was untrue. Thevessen also said in a podcast that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller held beliefs "somewhat reminiscent of the ideology of the Third Reich." Former US ambassador Richard Grenell threatened revocation of Thevessen's US journalist visa and criticized him as a "radical leftist." ZDF said Thevessen aimed to highlight tendencies toward concentrated presidential power and challenges to democratic norms.
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