- this surprised me. France has used businesses like Total and Elf with the likes of Jacques Foccart to keep a relationship and control in the Francophone. Why are they turning on Bollore now? Especially odd when you think about how China is pushing western interests out of the continent

Der Echo wird eingestampft. Good riddance, der Preis war eh nur ein Endpunkt im Hype-Cycle des Supermainstreams, nicht einmal hab ich den angesehen oder verfolgt.

„Der Echo ist Geschichte. Den Musikpreis soll es nach dem Skandal um die Auszeichnung der Rapper Kollegah und Farid Bang, denen Antisemitismus vorgeworfen wird, nicht mehr geben. Das hat der Vorstand des Bundesverbandes Musikindustrie am Donnerstag beschlossen.“

Thing is: Der Preis bleibt derselbe, er heisst dann nur anders. Als ob der Bundesverband der Musikindustrie sich trauen würde, tatsächlich echte gute Musik auszuzeichnen.

Egal, hauptsache ich kann mir „Echo RIP“ ins Blog kleben.

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