In last night’s roundup of PEGIDA news, we included a summary of a TV news story about the evening’s demonstration in Dresden. The ARD report was heavy-handed in its bias against PEGIDA, referring to the “alleged” Islamization of Europe.

Rembrandt Clancy has kindly translated and subtitled the same video:

Transcript of ARD’s Tagesschau on “Pegida” Protests and Counter-Demonstrations 22 December 2014 ARD Anchor: In Dresden thousands of PEGIDA supporters have assembled, again in the evening, to demonstrate against the alleged Islamisation of the West. In parallel, thousands of PEGIDA opponents in several cities are demonstrating against racism and exclusion. The Chairman of the Evangelical Church of Germany, Bedford-Strohm, warned against demonising PEGIDA, …and called for an engagement on the basis of substantive content. Demonstrators Singing Christmas Carols: “Alle Jahre wieder” [“Every year Again”] [das Christuskind] Steht auch mir zur Seite / still und unerkannt, [the Christ Child] Stands also at my side / Quietly and unrecognized Reporter in Dresden: Traditional Christmas carols in a completely different context, sung by PEGIDA supporters in front of the Semperoper opera house in Dresden. For them it is not about pre-Christmas joy, they are demonstrating for a decentralised housing of asylum seekers, and for zero tolerance for immigrants with criminal records. For the tenth time in a series, there are again thousands. PEGIDA Demonstrator 1: I am here today only because of ignorance of our politicians, the ignorance and mendacity of our politicians.