"the sheep in wolf`s clothing"-erörterung

The Sheep in Wolf`s Clothing

Not very long ago there were two sheep who put on wolf`s clothing and went
among the wolves as spies, to see what was going on.
They arrived on a fete
day, when all the wolves were singing in the taverns or dancing in the street.
The first sheep said to his companion, "Wolves are just like us, for they
gambol and frisk. Every day is fete day in Wolfland." He made some notes
on a piece of paper (which a spy should never do) and he headed them "My
Twenty-Four Hours in Wolfland," for he had decided not to be a spy any
longer but to write a book on Wolfland and also some articles for the Sheep`s
Home Companion. The other sheep guessed what he was planning to do, so he
slipped away and began to write a book called "My Ten Hours in Wolfland."
The first sheep suspected what was up when he found his friend had gone,
so he wired a book to his publisher called "My Five Hours in Wolfland,"
and it was announced for publication first. The other sheep immediately
sold his manuscript to a newspaper syndicate for serialization.

Both sheep gave the same message to their fellows: wolves were just like sheep,
for they gambolled and frisked, and every day was fete day in Wolfland. The
citizens of Sheepland were convinced by all this, so they drew in their
sentinels and they let down their barriers. When the wolves descended on them
one night, howling and slavering, the sheep were as easy to kill as flies on
a windowpane.

Moral: Don`t get it right, just get it written.


TASK: consider what relevamce the fable has to contemporary journalism.

naja nun muss ich es halt erörtern. ich habe zunächst versucht die tiere mit der heutigen zeit verglichen und versucht parallelen mit der fabel zu finden. und das ismir nichts mehr eingefallen:

- allg geht es um die klatschpresse und medien
- schafe: dumm, naiv, leichtgläubig, mitläufer
--> bevölkerung,die die medien nutzen um über die umgebung/gesellschaft etc mehr zu erfahren --> haben kaum die möglichkeiten die fakten in den medien zu untersuchen, ob sie wahr sind --> hauptteil hinterfragen nicht, nehmen es einfach auf
- journalisten (die 2 schafe): medien, klatschpresse, sensationen --> zur fabel: schafe haben einen falschen eindruck (nur paar std im wolfland)--> falsche schlussfolgerung
--> wettkampf um die beste titelseite (geld), trotz gerüchte, klischée, skandale
--> oda auch vertuschung der realität vor der bevölkerung: bevölkerung nimmt alles wahr, glaubt es sei alles i.O. und plötzl. bekommen sie es später zu spüren
Bsp: BILD
- wolf: betroffene--> medien können denjenigen schande zu führen (folge: klage etc.)oder sie profitieren, dass sie plötzlich berühmt sind (bsp: freundin verone von Kahn: vorher unbekannt und dann plötzlich im fernseh oft zu sehen als moderator etc --> promi geworden durch presse)

habt ihr vllt noch andere ideen?

sorrüü is bissl viel geworden :(