vigilant TV

The Guardian reports on another court case by German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder against a newspaper. Just a few days ago the UK Mail on Sunday defied a German court order by republishing a story about an alleged affair between Schroeder and a TV presenter.

Mr Schröder won a temporary injunction against the German regional newspaper the Maerkische Oderzeitung preventing it from repeating allegations made last month about the state of his marriage.

But the regional newspaper is contesting the ban today in Berlin’s state court.

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The German premier said that while the media have the right to report on politicians’ private lives, they have “no right to lie”, while his wife suggested there was a press “campaign” against her husband.

– Guardian, Schröder in new gag attempt.