All fine?

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All fine? was a monthly magazine published by the Austrian entrepreneur Ronnie Seunig via Excalibur Media , some of the articles of which are also available online. It was published for the first time in May 2015. Critics described it as conspiracy theoretic , anti- emancipatory , tending to be anti-Semitic and close to right-wing extremism .

The first edition was 200,000 copies, which were distributed free of charge. The whole of Austria was sought as the distribution area. Later, a small part of the edition was distributed by subscription. In 2017, the 76-page magazine began to be sold through newsagents.

The BZÖ politician Peter Westenthaler (former FPÖ ) was one of the staff of the magazine . In 2018 he was named in the magazine's imprint as publishing director.

The discontinuation of the magazine was announced in October 2019.

Reception and controversy

In the first edition of the magazine, publisher Ronnie Seunig was interviewed. He said that the US was "mainly responsible" for the wave of refugees, because it was pursuing the plan to "mix the Europeans in such a way that the IQ drops significantly and the identity is lost". The United States has for this purpose the IS founded and would probably tractor organize, to bring refugees to Europe.

In the article "The Biggest Lies of the United States" the magazine claimed that the United States had accepted the attack on Pearl Harbor and had the towers of the World Trade Center blown up in order to have a pretext for war. In another article "the Rothschilds " and the "secret world elite" were accused of holding occult orgies and rituals. You have to "ask the right questions [...] to tear the mask off the Rothschilds' faces".

The Mauthausen Committee Austria described the magazine as “tending to be anti-Semitic”.

The weekly magazine Falter reported that the magazine belongs to a "media network in the atmosphere of the FPÖ " and is fueling conspiracy theories. The publisher Seunig have in an interview in 2003 Adolf Hitler defended and indicated that he had painted in his house a Hitler portrait on the ceiling because it had "changed so much." Furthermore, the magazine has repeatedly participated in the controversial right-wing extremist “Congress Defenders of Europe”, a large “meet and greet of the right-wing extremist scene”.

“Alles Roger?” Repeatedly published interviews with celebrities whose authenticity is doubtful. An interview with Kevin Spacey was published in which he is said to have said that Western and European politicians have been working towards a “bigger war” for years. However, Spacey's spokeswoman denied that this interview ever took place. She explicitly described it as a "fake interview". The authenticity of an interview that the musician Sting is said to have given the magazine was also contested by his record company Universal Records . The film production company Netflix , whose founder Reed Hastings allegedly commented on his private pornography consumption in “Everything Roger?”, Declined to comment.

Vice magazine called "Alles Roger?" A "right-wing magazine [...] which, among other things, spreads conspiracy theories about 9/11 and believes in the secret world domination of the Rothschilds".

The Wiener Zeitung wrote that the magazine mixed with its “Society reports” and interviews “incidentally benevolent articles about the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement or a feared invasion from Africa”. The “mix” is rounded off with “analyzes of [...] the mass media manipulated by PR strategists and politics”.

In 2018, the magazine came into the public eye through government advertisements. The FPÖ-led ministries for sport and home affairs had advertisements printed in the magazine and thus sparked discussions as to whether such advertisements would legitimize the contentious content. The Greens accused the FPÖ ministers, Strache and Kickl, of promoting anti-Semitic media and then submitted a parliamentary question on the subject.

On February 9, 2019, the magazine distanced itself in a column by its publishing director Peter Westenthaler, in which it is made clear "once and for all" that anti-Semitism of any form is strictly rejected and that there is no place for it in "Alles Roger?", Clearly from any Form of anti-Semitism.

On June 12, 2019, a column by Felix Baumgartner was published in which, among other things, Jan Böhmermann's father was accused of pedophilia because his mother was 18 years old when he was born. It was a reaction to Böhmermann's interview in an ORF magazine, where he said, among other things, that eight million “debiles” lived in Austria.

On October 30, 2019, publisher Ronnie Seunig announced that the magazine had been discontinued.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ronny Seunig enters the media industry. In: mein district.at. Regionalmedien Austria, May 12, 2015, accessed on March 25, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Mauthausen Committee: Magazine “Alles Roger?” Tends to be anti-Semitic. In: derStandard.at . November 4, 2015, accessed March 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Nina Horaczek: As printed. In: Falter . May 3, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b c d Paul Donnerbauer: The participants of the "Congress of Defenders of Europe" sorted by right-wing extremism factor. In: Vice . October 6, 2016, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Magazine “alles roger?” Is taking off! Austria Press Agency , June 28, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Neo-journalist Westenthaler interviewed Hofer. In: The press . October 6, 2016, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  7. ^ Karl Oberascher: The competition from the digital underground. In: Courier . August 12, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b "Alles roger?" With anti-Semitism - news from far right - November 2015. Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance , November 2015, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Sebastian Fellner: Lower Austria's ÖVP advertises in the right-wing magazine “Alles Roger”. In: derStandard.at . January 25, 2018, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Benedikt Narodoslawsky: Is everything Roger in the orbit of the right-wing extremists? In: Falter . October 12, 2016, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  11. ^ A b Werner Reisinger: Right media: "What you can not find out about the media". In: Wiener Zeitung . November 26, 2016, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Paul Donnerbauer: The large VICE encyclopedia on the right-wing exhibitors at the “Congress of Defenders of Europe”. In: Vice . March 2, 2018, accessed March 28, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Markus Sulzbacher, Fabian Schmid: Right magazine "Alles Roger?": Doubts about the authenticity of interviews. In: derStandard.at . November 24, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
  14. ^ "Alles Roger": Greens asked Strache, Kickl about advertisements. In: derStandard.at . May 4, 2018, Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Peter Westenthaler: Once and for all: No place for anti-Semitism! In: allesroger.at. February 9, 2019, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Felix Baumgartner: A German satirist named Jan Böhmermann offends all of Austria. Is he allowed to do that? In: allesroger.at. June 12, 2019, accessed June 21, 2019 .
  17. ^ Böhmermann reported by Viennese lawyer. In: tagesspiegel.de . 19th May 2019.
  18. ↑ Ronnie Seunig: Magazine “Alles roger?” Is discontinued. In: derstandard.at . October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019.