Nein, das Kanzleramt gibt uns keine Aufträge, das würde man dort nicht wagen. Sagt Claus Kleber. Er tritt den "Lügenpresse"-Schreiern entgegen mit einem schonungslos offenen Blick in das Innere der Redaktionsarbeit, ihre Freuden, Anfechtungen und Schwierigkeit. Ein flammendes Plädoyer für die Unabhängigkeit der Medien und gegen die Kampagnen der Hetzer.
"Wer heute mitreden möchte - und das sollten alle sein - muss die Machart von Berichten und die Tricks der 'alternative fact'-Produzenten erkennen und durchschauen können, wissen, wie man oft mit wenigen Klicks scheinbar sensationelle Storys prüfen kann. Das fällt nicht vom Himmel, das macht Arbeit."
"You are entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts. " This is essentially what this book is all about as he takes on the new phenomenon of engineered news stories aka "fake news". Claus Kleber is what we consider a "household brand" in Germany - always pressing and unapologetic in his approach of getting to the bottom of a story. When he appears on your TV set you can be certain that the story is well researched, and both sides of the are getting a fair shot - investigative journalism and balanced news as it should be.
It doesn't come as a big surprise that the book follow this approach as he questions the status quo of modern news outlets with detailed insights of the production process and what obstacles may come into place that makes it sometimes difficult to get to the absolute truth (is there something like that anyway?). Nobody is speared, and this includes himself and his team. Very informative read.