Wochenblick

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Wochenblick
Wochenblick Logo.png
Type Weekly newspaper
PublisherMedien24 GmbH
Editor-in-chiefBernadette Conrads
Founded1 March 2016;7 years ago (2016-03-01)
Political alignmentright-wing populism, anti-vax
LanguageGerman
Headquarters Linz, Austria
Website www.wochenblick.at OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Wochenblick (Week-review) was an Austrian newspaper that started as a regional weekly journal in Upper Austria. The online version gained attention in the right-wing community of Austria and Germany. The newspaper was closely aligned with the Austrian Freedom-Party (FPÖ). [1] [2] [3] [4] The content is often as factually incorrect and suffers from a strong right-wing bias. [5] [6]

Contents

In December 2022, Wochenblick announced that it would cease operations due to financial reasons. [7]

History

Wochenblick was founded in March 2016. It was published and the manufactured by Medien24 GmbH, based in Brunnenthal. Emotion Media GmbH is a 100% shareholder. The first editor-in-chief was Kurt Guggenbichler, [8] which had worked for 25 years for Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten . [9] Christian Seibert replaced him on May 4, 2018, [10] [11] followed by Elsa Mittmannsgruber in 2020, and finally by Berandette Conrads in January 2022. The managing director was Norbert Geroldinger. [8] The newspaper was initially distributed for free in Linz and Wels, both in Upper Austria. [12]

Bias and Controversies

Wochenblick was often accused of repeating right-wing polulistic messages. In 2017, during the German federal election, Wochenblick ran a story titled "Merkel is hoping for 12 million immigrants". This was determined to be false, and no evidence of then-chancellor Angela Merkel saying this was found. [6]

The newspaper was known for spreading COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic, and was popular with the anti-vax movement. [13] [14]

Former editor-in-chief Elsa Mittmannsgruber also appears on YouTube for the right-wing TV Station AUF1. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Boris wollte mich verbrennen". www.falter.at. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Österreichs rechte Medienwelt". ARTE (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Wie österreichische Medien in den deutschen Wahlkampf eingreifen". correctiv.org (in German). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Rechter "Wochenblick" übernimmt ungeprüft Meldung über Impftoten in Behindertenheim". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. 1 2 Steinert, Kerstin (2018-04-26). "Fake News: Die erfolgreichsten Fake News: Wir zeigen Ihnen was hinter den bekanntesten Falschnachrichten steckt". SÜDKURIER Online (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  7. ↑ Der Wochenblick stellt seine Berichterstattung ein. In: Wochenblick. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Impressum - Wochenblick". Wochenblick.at. Archived from the original on 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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  10. ↑ "Wochenblick bekommt neuen Chefredakteur". Ots.at. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  11. ↑ "Neuer Chefredakteur für rechten "Wochenblick"". DerStandard.at. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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