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Giant Penis a Weapon in War Between Berlin Papers

Left-wing journal parodies rival editor with obscene sculpture

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2009 4:48 PM CST
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(Newser) – A sculpture depicting a monumental male member has upped the ante in a long-running feud between two Berlin newspapers. The staff of the left-wing Tageszeitung, known as "Taz," have long thumbed their noses at Bild, the widely read, highly profitable tabloid. Taz's latest move: installing a sculpture on the face of its building—which can be seen from Bild's offices—depicting Bild editor Kai Diekmann naked and endowed with a massive penis that stretches the height of the building.

The sculpture alludes to a satirical story Taz ran in 2002, which reported that Diekmann was the victim of a botched genital-enhancement surgery. Not all of Taz's staff, including new editor-in-chief Ines Pohl, like the joke. Pohl says the sculpture is "a pathetic provocation" but—like many on the Taz staff who dislike looking at what Pohl calls "a 6-meter-long schlong" every morning—doesn't want to give Diekmann the satisfaction of taking it down, Der Spiegel reports.

A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.   (Getty Images)
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.   (Getty Images)
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.   (Getty Images)
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
A cartoon mural shows BILD Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann at the building of left winged newspaper TAZ (Tageszeitung) in a pornographic pose with a huge penis on November 19, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.   (Getty Images)
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Timinator2K
Dec 7, 2009 2:46 AM CST
This fellow obviously needs a chopadickectomy.
fiestygirl
Dec 6, 2009 1:05 AM CST
I think DLY is only making things worse for the non-liberals. I consider myself an independent with fiscal conservative leanings. DLY is actually BEHAVING like a big D@*K. DLY, I have been observing your comments. At first I chuckled here and there. Now I see that you are just a jerk. Your behavior only makes the rest of us look bad. You actually confirm the belief that those of us on the other side of the fence are rude, crude and hostile. It is YOU who are the problem. No one else pal! See your doc and maybe he or she can prescribe something to change your shizzy attitude. You don't speak for me.
Kookey90
Dec 5, 2009 12:14 PM CST
If my wife were Bewitched, I'd be hung with a horsecock - mercy me.
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