Not surprising that these two get along well. Both have a fucked up past - and not really a much better present either.

And for a good cause, too!

I watch a lot of news in different languages - but this kind of talk shows? Not really. Rarely. Maybe before an election.

That's where she comes from, sure, but recently she's mainly a populist and picked up quite a few right wing talking points as well. On immigration, she's sometimes closer to AfD than Merz or Söder.

Because she's a political competitor to MERA25, in a way - BSW was the only bigger political party with some Palestine solidarity, until recently, and arguably they are still more convincing in that than PdL. Somewhat important if she stated something straight up "tankie", or it was more reasonable.

Die wird nicht wegen BSW eingeladen - immerhin an zwei Landesregierungen beteiligt, genauso wenige wie PdL und FDP - sondern weil sie bei Boomern zieht, Bücher verkauft, triggert. Das ist ÖRR-Kernpublikum.

www.election.de/ltw_reg.html

Now I'm curious what Sarah actually said before that. 😅

They used to be. Some of the more important ones you easily find on platforms such as YouTube or Instagram. I don't know anyone that regularly watches talk shows from multiple countries, aside from a few journalists. Podcasts, yes, but not TV talk shows.

Your point is a different one than the "legality assumption" many have in the quote, but also an important one.