Klaus Emmerich (journalist)
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Klaus Emmerich (3 June 1928 – 25 February 2021) was a German-born Austrian journalist. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He was the editor-in-chief of ORF News.[1] He was known for his racist remarks about U.S. President Barack Obama after his election victory in 2008.[2] He said that "I don't want to be [controlled] by a black man in the Western world. If you say that that is a racist remark: right, without doubt."[1]
Emmerich died from COVID-19 on 25 February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria in Vienna at the age of 92.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scally, Derek (22 November 2008). "Austrian station distances itself from journalist's 'blacks not civilised' remarks". Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/1111/1226356725629.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ↑ "Austrian Journalist Slammed for Racist Obama Rant". Der Spiegel. 2008-11-07. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,589035,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ↑ red, ORF at/Agenturen (2021-03-04). "ORF-Journalist Klaus Emmerich 92-jährig gestorben". news.ORF.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-03-31.