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comment by Grendel

A famous German journalist has written a book where he reveals the extent to which the press has been corrupted by the CIA.

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    Most of the journalists you see in foreign countries … European or American journalists …, like me in the past, are so-called non-official cover. … Non-official cover means what? You do work for an intelligence agency, … but … when they [the public] find out that you are not only a journalist but a spy too, they [the CIA] will never say this was one of our guys. … So, I have helped them in several situations, and I feel ashamed for that. … I feel ashamed that I … was bribed by billionaires, I was bribed by the Americans, not to report exactly the truth. …




crafty  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have been waiting for Udo Ulfkotte's book, Gekaufte Journalisten, to be translated into English for quite a while now, but still nothing. How long can it really take for a German to English translation?

Grendel  ·  3450 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't even know it was getting an English release. According to this article, the book is also being translated in Russian, Turkish and Hungarian (Hungarian?). I'm trying to learn German, so I might just end up buying the original.