Overview

• Stefan Brandenburg of WDR called the NDR move a “Desaster mit Ansage” and said conservatives feel underrepresented in public broadcasting.
• He also faulted the migration-focused pilot of “Klar” as “unterkomplex” for bundling negative aspects of the topic.
• NDR legal counsel Michael Kühn publicly replied that the format will continue, with Tanit Koch presenting NDR editions while Julia Ruhs remains on BR.
• NDR director general Hendrik Lünenborg acknowledged poor communication around the decision and insisted that “no one was canceled.”
• The presenter switch followed internal complaints from roughly 250 NDR staffers and has drawn criticism from politicians in the Union and AfD.