Overview

• The Lippische Landes-Zeitung inserted italicized fact checks into an interview with AfD candidate Jirka Möller and omitted passages it deemed potentially unconstitutional or extremist.
• The newspaper forwarded the redacted statements to authorities following its August 5 editorial guideline on handling AfD representatives in the election campaign.
• Police state security in Bielefeld confirmed it is investigating the forwarded content for politically motivated violations against the democratic order.
• Social media responses split between supporters who praised the proactive stance and detractors who said the full remarks should have been published and challenged directly.
• Local AfD groups have accused regional outlets of filtering their coverage and excluding them from political forums, citing similar exclusions in Aachen.