Oliver Janich Explained

Oliver Janich
Birth Place:Munich, Germany
Birth Date:3 January 1969
Party:Party of Reason (2009–2013)
Website:Personal website

Oliver Janich (born 3 January 1969) is a German far-right conspiracy theorist, former journalist, author and banned YouTuber.[1] He is the founder and former president of the libertarian, minor party Partei der Vernunft (Party of Reason).[2]

Investigations and conspiracy theories

Janich worked as an editor for the German magazine Focus Money where he was effectively let go in 2010 for advertising his own political party the Party of Reason in the magazine.[3]

Investigations against Janich for alleged stock market manipulation

Together with two friends from the time he studied economics, Janich was part of a network of stock traders and stock market journalists ("Bosler-Clique") who systemically raised the share prices of rather unknown listed companies, whose shares had previously been bought by people in their network, by promoting the purchase of the companies shares. In September 2010, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Munich ordered a search of the offices and apartments of approximately 30 suspects including Janich. The ringleaders of the conspiracy, of whom Janich was not one according to findings from the trial, were convicted in 2012. Several stock market journalists had reduced their sentences by admitting their crimes and only received suspended sentences at most.[4] [5] [6]

He currently resides in the Philippines.[7] In August 2022, he was arrested by the Philippine authorities at a resort in Romblon.[8] [9]

Conspiracy theories

As a financial journalist, Janich represented conspiracy theories about 9/11 in several of his articles[10] and these theories are present in his books as well.[11] Furthermore, he spread conspiracy theories about alleged election fraud during the 2018 Bavarian state election without providing any evidence.

Janich published a YouTube video against the appointment of Sinan Selen as Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, claiming that Selen had gotten the job "at the request of the Turkish government".[12] According to German magazine Spiegel Online, his YouTube videos contain "partly racist statements and employ anti-Semitic conspiracy theories".[13]

Janich is considered a disseminator of the QAnon conspiracy theories.[14]

Party of Reason

See main article: Party of Reason.

Janich founded the Party of Reason after the proposal to found a party, which he made in a Focus Money column, received positive feedback from his readers.[15]

On 17 April 2013, Janich resigned as chairman of the party.[16]

Political views

Janich supported the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) ahead of the 2017 German federal election.[17] In 2018 he compared a documentary of the children's TV-channel KiKa with the propaganda of Joseph Goebbels.[18] Also in 2018, Janich distributed a video that allegedly showed journalists staging images of refugees in a maritime emergency. Journalist Jacques Pezet later exposed the video as fake.[19] After the 2018 Bavarian state election, the German television channel Bayerische Rundfunk reported on its website that Janich was distributing videos that were alleging fraud during the election without providing any proof whatsoever.

In June 2020, the German TV-program Frontal, showed in a feature on conspiracy theorists, how Janich was talking about tribunals for politicians and journalists, saying that "Many of the people in power today actually belong hanged".[20]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qanon – der Aufstieg einer gefährlichen Verschwörungstheorie. 11 April 2020 .
  2. http://www.fair-news.de/pressemitteilung-18932.html Partei der Vernunft gegründet
  3. News: Eder. Sebastian. 7 December 2016. Das Internet nach Freiburg: Der Hass kennt keine Grenzen. de. FAZ.NET. 1 September 2020. 0174-4909.
  4. Web site: Deckstein. Dinah. Grill. Markus. Pauly. Christoph. 15 November 2010. AFFÄREN : "Bullshit mit Bildchen" – Der Spiegel 46/2010. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110101173148/https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-75159725.html. 1 January 2011. 1 September 2020. www.spiegel.de.
  5. Web site: Deckstein. Dinah. Neumann. Conny. 20 March 2012. Urteil im Insider-Prozess um SdK-Affäre um Straub und Bosler – Der Spiegel – Wirtschaft. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120623082839/https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/urteil-im-insider-prozess-um-sdk-affaere-um-straub-und-bosler-a-822498.html. 23 June 2012. 1 September 2020. www.spiegel.de. de.
  6. Web site: Reimann. Annina. 20 March 2012. Die Urteile helfen Anlegern wenig. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063337/https://www.wiwo.de/finanzen/geldanlage/sdk-affaere-die-urteile-helfen-anlegern-wenig/6351990-all.html. 4 March 2016. 1 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Borgers. Michael. 18 March 2020. Xavier Naidoo – Wechselspiel mit rechten Medien. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200604212137/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/xavier-naidoo-wechselspiel-mit-rechten-medien.2907.de.html?dram:article_id=472762. 4 June 2020. 1 September 2020. Deutschlandfunk. de-DE.
  8. Web site: x rix. Matt. 17 August 2022. Verschwörungsideologe Janich festgenommen. 17 August 2022. www.tagesschau.de. de.
  9. Web site: x rix. Matt. 17 August 2022. Oliver Janich auf den Philippinen festgenommen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817172747/https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/oliver-janich-auf-den-philippinen-festgenommen-a-963cc52c-57c4-4c59-b235-706c0049de93. 17 August 2022. 17 August 2022. www.spiegel.de. de.
  10. Web site: Afanasjew. Nik. 4 September 2011. 9/11 – Alles Lüge?. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200522111353/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/verschwoerungstheorien-9-11-alles-luege/4569196.html. 22 May 2020. 1 September 2020. www.tagesspiegel.de. de.
  11. Web site: Oswald. Bernd. 19 October 2018. Was ist dran an Gerüchten zu angeblichem Wahlbetrug?. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201233523/https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/was-ist-dran-an-geruechten-zu-angeblichem-wahlbetrug,R6pR9h3. 1 December 2018. 1 September 2020.
  12. Web site: Steinke. Ronen. Mascolo. Georg. 6 December 2018. Verfassungsschutz – Sinan Selen schlägt Hass entgegen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609160741/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/selen-verfassungschutz-1.4240764. 9 June 2019. 1 September 2020. Süddeutsche.de. de.
  13. Web site: Kalisch. Murial. Stotz. Patrick. 21 May 2020. Wer liest das eigentlich? Die geläufigsten Corona-Verschwörungstheorien und die Akteure dahinter – Der Spiegel – Netzwelt. 1 September 2020. www.spiegel.de. de.
  14. Web site: Huesmann. Felix. 11 April 2020. "QAnon" – der Aufstieg einer gefährlichen Verschwörungstheorie. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407183704/https://www.rnd.de/politik/qanon-der-aufstieg-einer-gefahrlichen-verschworungstheorie-ORTPE4D5YRFRZKVTMJBTFADJTY.html. 7 April 2020. 1 September 2020. www.rnd.de. de-DE.
  15. Web site: Janich. Oliver. 13 November 2013. Börsenkommentar – Neue Partei. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160313143244/https://www.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/aktien/boersenkommentar-neue-partei_aid_261298.html. 13 March 2016. 1 September 2020. FOCUS Online. de.
  16. Web site: 18 April 2013. Der Bundesvorsitzende der Partei der Vernunft tritt zurück. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130420015637/http://www.parteidervernunft.de/ruecktritt-des-bundesvorsitzenden. 20 April 2013. 1 September 2020. de.
  17. Web site: 5 May 2017. Warum Sie die Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) wählen sollten. 1 September 2020. Youtube.
  18. Web site: Klingenmaier. Thomas. 11 January 2018. Streit um Kinderkanal-Beitrag geht weiter: Stoff für die Hetzer und Hasser. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190319142509/https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.streit-um-kinderkanal-beitrag-geht-weiter-stoff-fuer-die-hetzer-und-hasse. 19 March 2019. 1 September 2020. stuttgarter-zeitung.de. de.
  19. Web site: Frerichmann. Nora. 17 August 2018. Das Altpapier am 17. August 2018: Verteidigt oder verrannt? MDR.DE. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180913150517/https://www.mdr.de/altpapier/das-altpapier-604.html. 13 September 2018. 1 September 2020. www.mdr.de. de.
  20. Web site: 18 June 2020. Verschwörungstheorie: Warum ist QAnon so gefährlich?. 1 September 2020. www.zdf.de. de.

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