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Peter Limbourg in Melbourne - An exclusive interview with the Director-General of Deutsche Welle

Faszinierender Gesprächspartner: Peter Limbourg von der Deutschen Welle, rechts im Bild, mit SBS Moderator Christian Froelicher

Faszinierender Gesprächspartner: Peter Limbourg von der Deutschen Welle, rechts im Bild, mit SBS Moderator Christian Froelicher Source: SBS German

"Never before have there been so many people who take in journalistic content... The danger lies in the fact that all this content is consumed indiscriminately, with little or no regard as to the content's provenience." Says Peter Limbourg, Director-General of Deutsche Welle in Berlin and Bonn, in answer to a question put to him about the dangers of Facebook for journalism and our civil society.


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"Never before have there been so many people who take in journalistic content... The danger lies in the fact that all this content is consumed indiscriminately, with little or no regard as to the content's provenience." Says Peter Limbourg, Director-General of Deutsche Welle in Berlin and Bonn, in answer to a question put to him about the dangers of Facebook for journalism and our civil society.


These and other insights and opinions by the 56-year-old career journalist, family father and son of a German diplomat, in a candid interview at our SBS studio in Australia.


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