Nikos Konstantinidis
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Nikos Konstantinidis is a controversial Greek journalist and conspiracy theorist at the Greek private TV-channel OPION.
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[edit] TV-Show
Nikos Konstantinidis' television-show is named Η ΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ ("the hour of the people"). It is named so apparently because it lasts approximately one hour and gives viewers the chance to speak through his TV-show via telephone and express their opinions and arguments. The show is about "interesting subjects concerning the current events" and covers mostly national and religious issues. In his TV-show he speaks (or, according to others, preaches) about so-called "traditional Greek values" : Motherland, Orthodox faith, Civilization, Democracy, Freedom, Opposition to Turkey.
[edit] Good Morning
Every TV-Show starts with his 1-minute Good Morning: Good Morning from the depths of my soul
- To the elder men and women, pensioners which I love I appreciate and I respect.
- To the youth, the youngsters the children and the paralysed.
- To the unemployed and the parents of many children
- To the church and to the priests.
- To the monasteries and to the monks and the nuns.
- To the learning youth the pupils and the students and a good year a good fortune and good degrees.
- To the Judges the Attornneys and the Lawyers.
- To the Machine drivers
- To the civil servants and the electronic engineers.
- To the lonely Ladies and the lonely gentlemen and the Kiosk owners
- To the sick and a good health
- To the doctors the nurses and the hospitals.
- To the workers, servants, shop owners, middle class people, merchants, grochers, and green-groshers
- To the professional drivers, truck drivers, van drivers, pulman drivers, ktel drivers, bus drivers intercity bus drivers
- To the pensioner soldiers to the handicapped to the real partisans
- To my brethren, the farmers the animal breeders and fishermen.
- To the security corpses, the army, the navy, the airforce, the naval guards, the toll guards, the border guards and the towns police.
- To the GOOD foreigners, the prisoners and the prison guards.
- To all the mothers and fathers of the world
- To my own mother
[edit] Peronal claims and action
According to his claims, he is a simple soldier of Hellenism and the Orthodox faith. He incites people to resist against the Antichrist who has already started invading into our lives. He considers barcodes and electronic identification cards to be examples of this invasion. Konstantinidis openly expresses his hatred for politicians and political parties as he claims that because of them he has been imprisoned at least six times. Despite of his claims to be in favour of democracy and against fascism, he systematically proclaims that "people cannot trust politicians. Only the army the police and the church are to be trusted" .
[edit] Style
During his TV-Show, Nikos Konstantinidis looks straight into the camera, as to maintain firm eye-contact with his listener. The image on the top is taken from his show. It is typical of him to ask question and answer them in a rethoric manner ("What have the politicians done for us? NOTHING!") It is also typical of him to lose his temper and shout. Finally, he often hangs up on people who call his TV-Show either because they disagree with him or because they are non-orthodox or foreigners.
[edit] Books
Nikos Konstantinidis has written two books which he frequently advertises during his TV-Show. The first is called "The great treason of Greece and the people" where he presents his claims about how all politicians have betrayed all Greek values and rule dictatorically and against the will of the people. On the cover there is a picture of a large shark swallowing people holding Greek flags. In the cover of his second book there is a big bicture of the head of Darth Vader with the title :
- "The Antichrist 666. Resist!"
Anyone can obtain his books by contacting him during his TV-Show. As his TV-Show is broadcast live, calling viewers will frequently interrupt him on air, asking him to send his books to their houses. He writes down any order in person, including name, address and residence and sends his books to anyone who will order them by hiring a courier. The client is charged for the courier as well. A third book has been written recently named "Η ΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ" (the hour of the people) just like his TV-Show. It's content is similar to his first book.
[edit] Cast
In his TV-show he is accompanied by Mr. Maniaras and father Modestos.
Mr. Maniaras acts as an experienced anti-orthodox-anti-greek-dark-conspiracy-uncoverer using naive examples to prove the existence of "anti-hellenic" global conspiracies. An example is the American television serieses Hercules and Xena, which are according to him mixing Greek mythology with foreign elements in order to promote globalization.
Father Modestos holds a cross and blesses whomever calls the TV-show and also his friends and relatives.
[edit] New Cast
In his current TV-show he is accompanied by Father Vasilios,Theodora Matana and K.Barbaliou
[edit] Attack by the Antichrist
In 2006, Nikos Konstantinidis was bitten by a stray dog. In his next appearance on his television broadcast, he showed pictures of the bite-marks in his leg and declared that the dog which had bit him was an incarnation of the Antichrist.
[edit] Career in Telemarketing
Some years ago, Nikos Konstantinidis, in addition to his regular show, presented advertisements for Kochen, a furniture making company.
