Benedikt Brechtken
Role at the time: Chief commentator at Apollo News and columnist for Nius, in a post on X
Condemned
Statement summary
Brechtken writes sarcastically that Thunberg cannot believe people still demonstrate on Fridays and that she surely always cared about the cause, suggesting her laugh shows she did not.
“Haha, Greta Thunberg can't believe that people still go out to demonstrate on Fridays. Surely it was always about the cause for her, she is certainly terrified of climate change, that is exactly how it looks. (Translated from German. Original: Haha, Greta Thunberg kann es nicht fassen, dass Leute immer noch Freitags demonstrieren gehen. Der ging es bestimmt immer um die Sache, die hat gewiss panische Angst vor dem Klimawandel, genau so wirkt das.)”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Benedikt Brechtken on X: on Greta Thunberg laughing at Friday climate protestsPost on X, November 11, 2026
Why we used this label
Brechtken uses sarcasm to suggest the laugh shows Thunberg never cared about the climate cause, which criticizes her reaction, so we labeled it condemns.