Press Council: Blick has not violated the ban on discrimination
In the Press Council’s view, the phrase «Kosovar trash» does not violate the prohibition against discrimination. It therefore dismisses a complaint against the Blick. It is clear to readers that the phrase refers to an individual and not to Kosovars in general.
Blick described a man of Kosovar nationality as a "garbage Kosovar". He had stored trash in his garden in protest against the authorities. A reader complained that the newspaper was violating the ban on discrimination with this exaggeration. This would reinforce existing prejudices against the Kosovar nationality. The press council comes in its statement to the opposite conclusion. The view brought only the man from Bürglen, not however the Kosovars altogether with the term ?garbage? in connection. The specific wording "The garbage Kosovar" makes it clear that it is about an individual person and not a general accusation against a group.
