Klaus Emmerich (journalist)

Klaus Emmerich (Frankfurt, 3 June 1928 – 25 February 2021) was an Austrian journalist and the former editor-in-chief of ORF News.

[1] He achieved notoriety in the United States for his racist remarks following Barack Obama's win of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

[2] David F. Girard-diCarlo, U.S. ambassador to Austria, officially protested against Emmerich’s remarks on November 14, 2008.

[3][4] Emmerich died from COVID-19 in Vienna, on 25 February 2021, at age 92, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria.

[5] "I don't want to be steered by a black man in the Western world.