[Update 3/25/2016] The link points to the main page, not the 2012 complaints [End update]
Complaints to the German press ethics council in 2012 (web page in English).
The number of complaints in 2012 was 1500, which they classify as "high" and compare to the numbers from 2007 (735 complaints).
Consequently, they speak of a "flood" of complaints regarding the cover story in satire mag Titanic, which we addressed in an earlier post.
Turns out the flood refers to all of 180 complaints.
As an American, there is only one possible comment: I could do 180 complaints single-handedly and still have ample time to bitch about a multitude of other things.
Obviously, while a miniscule number of Germans felt insulted where the rubber meets the robe, we do not want to see their feelings hurt.
We will keep an eye on the complaint numbers in the coming years to try and figure out if the big special interest sponsored public outcries are jumping the pond.
On the subject of dignity and libel: the K-Landnews team would like our readers to know that you can call us anything you feel like without fear of recrimination or legal action, except labeling us terrorists. That latter term is a little unpleasant, and we would like to guard against any well intended future autonomous robotic warfare that is based off of internet publications. You know, that crowd sourced thing where the objective metrics that is this label is applied a few thousand times and then triggers the robot.
The ratio of total articles published to complaints is in the "parts per million" range, near homeopathic doses of outrage.
Keep that in mind next time someone mentions a flood of complaints.
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