I've heard about the media black out - Damn Facebook and the German media, thankfully we have we have platforms like steemit.
also the reason I'm so interested in this topic is because my mother is German, and I hope to post information on this subject in the future, - I have posted a few video last year on youtube -

The Video's are not Great (practice runs) - but I felt I had to make them.

Thank you again for a Great Post and for answering my questions perfectly..