NDR wants to clear up allegations against Hamburg NDR broadcaster

After allegations of political influence by senior editors at the NDR radio station in Schleswig-Holstein, the director of the state radio station in Hamburg is now also being criticized. "Business Insider" reported that Sabine Rossbach's older daughter, as the owner of a PR agency, was able to place her clients in NDR programs for years. Another daughter of the director got a coveted permanent position at the station.

When asked, the NDR stated that the position had been properly awarded to Rossbach's younger daughter. Reporting on events by the PR agency “Hesse

The NDR reported on Sunday that editorial staff of the "Hamburg Journal" contradict this. “The NDR reporters have emails from Sabine Rossbach. With the comments 'We should have' and 'With the request for reporting', she forwarded the range of topics from her daughter's PR agency to the editors," says the NDR report.

Sabine Rossbach has rejected the allegations, it is said. The director of the Hamburg broadcasting center is currently on vacation, but wants to return early.

The topics passed on are mainly classics of Hamburg local reporting, such as the Blankenser New Year's reception, which many other Hamburg media report on every year, including WELT. The reception will be organized by the magazine "Klönschnack", which, like the "Hamburger Abendblatt", belongs to the Funke Media Group. The premiere of "Palazzo", the winter tent of the well-known cook Cornelia Poletto, is also widely reported and not only in the NDR - so the only complaint here is that the way the topics are passed on from the executive floor is not transparent and is problematic due to the family relationship is.