The broadcasting RTL Extra was one of
the highlights of the last year of television. The team of RTL was interested in
our successful seminar work. Extracts from a seminar in Essen were the basis of  the
TV reportage. The RTL Extra editorial staff certified us that we are a serious
and competent contact point for everyone interested in circumcision. As to the
high viewing rates RTL broadcasted the Bärbel Schäfer show on circumcision from
January 1997, where we were also part of, once again.
Of course, SAT.1 wanted to use this crowd puller and tried to attend to it with Vera Int-Veen in November. However, objective coverage was not in their minds. In fact the producers wanted to satisfy the sensation mongering of the frustrated housewives sitting in front of the TV at noon and offered misinformation by unobjective nimrods. The fact by itself that the editorial stuff was searching for a muslim mother convulsively who had prevented the circumcision of her son allegedly against all religious commitments and familial traditions shows the dishonest, lurid and sensational concept of this midday stove top broadcasting.
At least the editorial stuff didn't make
it to pull a guy in front of the camera who became gay
after
This appearance was really important, because finally no artificial antipole had to talk. By positioning the contribution within the show, virtually on a side scene, a lot of people (all together 1.6 million viewers) were able to obtain our point of view that would have never cared about circumcision otherwise. |
undergoing circumcision like they had planned on!!! We spotted his request of
the editors as early as the preliminary talks. Especially the obvious and clear
anti attitude of the responsible editor and his attempts to take advantage of us
and to mess around with us led to the decision to withdraw our declared guests
from the show.
The approach of the Sonja-Show in December on the same station was truly
different. With the topic vanity different guests, vain and not vain, met each
other. Our guest was facing a little fattish stripper guy who had his double
chin extracted by suction. He talked about his circumcision and his experiences
with our advice honestly and easily. Unfortunately SAT 1 removed some of the
meddlesome comments before the broadcast. Nevertheless a highly informative
statement left stuck in viewer's heads.