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The daily state-run newscast in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). At the beginning of its run, the reporting was relatively uncensored and was sometimes quite critical of the current regime. However, after its coverage of the East German uprising in 1953, the government quickly clamped down, whereupon the show became another run-of-the-mill propaganda generator for a dictatorial state. However, it should be noted that many East Germans simply ignored the newscast and tuned in to the West German television, which could be seen with some antennae tricks.
Aktuelle Kamera (the Current Camera) was on air from 1957 to 1990, surviving the reunification of Germany for two months. Think George W. Bush-era Fox News, but with Middle School production values. Some of its most famous presenters were: Herber Köffer, Klaus Feldmann, Elisabeth Süncksen, Hans-Dieter Lange, Wolfgang Meyer, Wolfgang Lippe, Renate Krawielicki, etc.; the better known one was Angelika Unterlauf, who allegedly got in trouble with the Stasi in 1989 when a West German singer dedicated a song to her.
Appeared famously in the movie Good Bye, Lenin!, where protagonist had to create fake newcasts to maintain an elaborated Masquerade that East Germany still exists so his mother, an Ill Girl who heavily supported the GDR and fell into a coma before it collapsed, wouldn't die out of shock.