Klaus Emmerich (journalist)

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. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
↑ "Austrian Journalist Slammed for Racist Obama Rant". Der Spiegel. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
↑ red, ORF at/Agenturen (2021-03-04). "ORF-Journalist Klaus Emmerich 92-jährig gestorben". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-31.

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[irt-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Scally, Derek (22 November 2008). "Austrian station distances itself from journalist's 'blacks not civilised' remarks". Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[spiegel-2] "Austrian Journalist Slammed for Racist Obama Rant". Der Spiegel. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[3] red, ORF at/Agenturen (2021-03-04). "ORF-Journalist Klaus Emmerich 92-jährig gestorben". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-31.

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