Politically Incorrect (blog)

Politically Incorrect
Type of site
Political blog
Available inGerman and English
OwnerUnknown[1]
Created byStefan Herre
URLwww.pi-news.net (German)
CommercialNo
LaunchedNovember 11, 2004 (2004-11-11)
Current statusOnline

Politically Incorrect (commonly abbreviated PI) is a mainly German-language counter-jihad[2] political blog which focuses on topics related to immigration, multiculturalism, and Islam in Germany and Western societies. A condensed version of the weblog is available in English.[3] The blog is one of Germany's oldest far-right sites.[4] Much of its content is Islamophobic.[5][6]

PI's self-declared goal is to bring news to a wider public attention which it perceives to be ignored or suppressed in what PI declared as "the mainstream media" due to a pervading "leftist political correctness".[7] The site has no imprint or legal details; the editors and authors are disguised.

According to Der Spiegel, as of April 2021, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) classifies PI as "verified as extremistic" („erwiesen extremistisch") and surveils PI-affiliated activists.[4] The blog's local news bureau in Bavaria has been investigated by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution.[8]

  1. ^ "Factsheet: PI-News". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ Lee, Benjamin (4 September 2015). "A Day in the "Swamp": Understanding Discourse in the Online Counter-Jihad Nebula" (PDF). Democracy and Security. 11 (3): 248–274. doi:10.1080/17419166.2015.1067612. S2CID 62841363.
  3. ^ "PI English". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b Wiedmann-Schmidt, Wolf (29 April 2021). "Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz stuft islamfeindlichen Blog »PI-News" als "erwiesen extremistisch« ein". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference WDR, 17 December 2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference FAZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "About us". Politically Incorrect. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Abendblatt, 12 April 2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).