Remember the amazing “terror journalist” Richard Gutjahr? The man with the uncanny ability to show up, pre-positioned, to take iconic footage of “Islamic terror” attacks?
Gutjahr, married to Israeli black ops specialist Einat Wilf, just happened to be on a balcony in Nice, France to film the beginning of the “truck attack.” His footage was essentially the ONLY footage of the event ever seen by the world.
Then one week later, Gutjahr and his daughter both just happened to be at the shopping mall in Munich where the next big “Islamic terror” event burst into the headlines. Once again, the MSM led with Gutjahr’s (and his daughter’s) footage.
It takes chutzpah to pre-position yourself to get the lead footage of two “terror attacks” one week, and 800 km, apart. But it takes even more chutzpah to sue journalists who report your apparent foreknowledge.
Gutjahr, apparently not lacking in chutzpah, sued German journalist Gerhard Wisnewski for reporting the highly suspicious facts. But even in Zionist-owned-and-operated Germany, such chutzpah was too much for the courts to stomach. Below is Wisnewski’s report on his legal victory over the hapless Gutjahr, a more obvious terror suspect than Bin Laden ever was, who obviously needs to be arrested and interrogated. Anybody out there who can rendition him?
Germany: Cologne Higher Regional Court strengthens rights of the press
Wisnewski wins: judicial disaster for Nice-and-Munich-reporter Gutjahr
Reporter of the Bayerischer Rundfunk loses trial against bestselling author Wisnewski for alleged “reporting based on suspicion”
“This is not only a victory for me, but for the freedom of the press and for all journalists,” bestselling author Gerhard Wisnewski said in Munich about a judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, which is now available in written form. “My coverage proved to be completely waterproof.”
Coincidence or not?
The judges quashed a lawsuit against Wisnewski, a founder and guiding force of the truth movement in Germany (book titles: “Operation 9/11”, “One small step” and many others). The reporter Richard Gutjahr had sued the author because he allegedly aroused the suspicion that Gutjahr could have had some foreknowledge in connection with the attacks of Nice and Munich (July 14th and 22nd 2016). In an online article dated July 25th 2016 and in his book “Concealed – Covered – Forgotten” (verheimlicht – vertuscht – vergessen 2017) from January 2017 Wisnewski had asked the question of whether Gutjahr was really in the immediate vicinity of both attacks by coincidence, or if he could have had some form of prior knowledge. In March 2017, Gutjahr sued Wisnewski for omission. The question of prior knowledge turns on the suspicion that Gutjahr is capable of tolerating two mass murders in order to promote his career, according to the accusation. In the eyes of Gutjahr and his lawyer, Wisnewski suspected him of a crime under § 138 penal code (Strafgesetzbuch; “non-disclosure of planned crime”). “A far-fetched assertion. This was never the subject of my reporting,” countered Wisnewski. “It was all about the abstract possibility of prior knowledge, so only about a cognitive process and the question of how the reporter could have been in two alleged terror locations or in the immediate vicinity within a week.”
A landmark decision
After Gutjahr had won on the first judicial level at the district court of Cologne (28 O 84/17), the Oberlandesgericht has now reversed the judgment: Contrary to the district court, the plaintiff Gutjahr cannot constitute the claim for injunctive relief “under any conceivable point of view,” it says in the decision (15 U 150/17, promulgated on 28.6.2018). “In assessing the content of a statement, the contested statement must always be judged in the overall context in which it occurred”, the OLG stated concerning Wisnewskis reporting. “In judging the meaning of a text it must be assessed in the whole context and must not be ripped out and completely isolated from the rest.“ Wisnewski’s book was “recognizably geared towards triggering critical reflections on the official versions of terror attacks disseminated by politicians, the press and so-called ‘mainstream’ journalists. In this context, the existence of ‘real’ attacks is apparently to be called into question.”
Journalists must also tolerate criticism
“In short, if I do not readily believe in the main act, I cannot, of course, suspect anyone of having committed any criminal offense or committing another grave misdoing in connection with this,” Wisnewski said. In this specific case, the court said, no suspicion concerning an offense or any other grave misbeheavior by Gutjahr was mentioned (revision not allowed, by the way). Also a journalist must “accept critical illumination of his activities by his peers.”
In the meantime the case developed towards a judicial desaster for Gutjahr:
- complaint of an offence of defamation – dismissed
- lawsuit for omission – lost
- 2 warnings because of a video – not followed up
- lawsuit for damages amounting to Euro 50000 – withdrawn
“The best thing for me is that verheimlicht – vertuscht – vergessen 2017 now may be distributed without restraints – including the Gutjahr chapter in original version.” After the book is out of print, the author offers his limited supply of copies on his website: www.wisnewski.ch. The book series concealed – covered up – forgotten will continue as usual. The next issue will be published in December 2018. (gw)
Imprint free. As only the german version is mandatory, please look for the german original here: http://www.wisnewski.ch/wisnewski-siegt-prozess-pleite-fuer-br-reporter-gutjahr/ For questions: wisnewski@gerhard-wisnewski.de. For easier reporting, the text was written in the third person.
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I would love to see a calculation of the probability of being present at two terror events, within a week, at the exact time of them occurring. To get a feel for how low the number is one would look at the probability of a terror act happening in a given location because from that the numbers just get lower (probabilities are multiplied).
Well it turns out someone can help us. From an article talking about France, “I’m a risk analyst. That’s my job. I use numbers to understand what we ought to be afraid of, and how afraid we should be. So here are some numbers:
In France, in the last two years, there have been eight attacks, killing a total of 247 people. There are 66 million people in France. At the current level of activity, their odds of being killed in a terrorist attack in a given year are less than two ten-thousandths of one per cent. That’s 27 times lower than their odds of dying in a car accident. Even if the current level of attacks continues for 80 years (which would be unprecedented), a child born today in France would have only one percent of a one percent chance of being killed in one.”
The chance of being killed is more or less the same as “being present at an event” !!!!
Less than 2/10,000 of 1%.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nice-attack-do-you-feel-like-youre-more-likely-than-ever-to-be-hit-by-a-terror-attack-this-is-why-a7140396.html
It’s not startling that Wisnewski won his argument but, what is head shaking, is he did it in a German court. Albeit, an appeals court. So, bravo. How’s the other trial going? I’m speaking about the trial of everyone’s favorite revisionist, and grandmother ( I am embarrassed. I forgot her name.). Kevin, an update please.
Ursula Haverbeck ? or do you mean the lady from Canada ?
You mean Monika Shaefer who made the 4 min u tube video, “Sorry mom I was wrong about the Holocaust”
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