Nikos Konstantinidis
Nikos Konstantinidis is a controversial Greek journalist and conspiracy theorist on the Greek private TV channel OPION.
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 the show via telephone, expressing 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 Konstantinidis speaks (or, according to others, preaches) about so-called "traditional Greek values" : motherland, Orthodox faith, civilization, democracy, freedom, and opposition to Turkey.
Good Morning
Every episode of the show starts with his one-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 Attorneys 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, grocers, and greengrocers.
- To the professional drivers, truck drivers, van drivers, pullman 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."
Peronal claims and actions
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 our lives. He considers bar codes and electronic identification cards to be examples of this invasion.
Konstantinidis openly expresses his hatred for politicians and political parties; 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".
Style
During his TV show, Nikos Konstantinidis looks straight into the camera, as to maintain firm eye contact with his listener. The image at the top of this article is taken from his show. It is typical of him to ask questions and answer them in a rhetoric manner ("What have the politicians done for us? NOTHING!") He often loses his temper and shouts. He often hangs up on callers, either because they disagree with him or because they are non-orthodox or foreigners.
Books
Nikos Konstantinidis has written two books which he frequently advertises during his TV show. The first is The Great Treason of Greece and the People, in which he presents his claims that all politicians have betrayed Greek values and rule dictatorically and against the will of the people. On the cover is a picture of a large shark swallowing people holding Greek flags.
On the cover of his second book there is a picture 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 the show is broadcast live, callers frequently interrupt him on air with book orders. Konstantinidis writes down any order in person. He sends his books via courier, which the client is charged for as well.
Konstantinidis has recently written a third book. Η ΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ (The Hour of the People). Its content is similar to his first book.
Cast
On his TV show he is accompanied by Mr. Maniaras and Father Modestos.
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:Warrior Princess, which, according to him, mix Greek mythology with foreign elements in order to promote globalization.
Father Modestos holds a cross and blesses whoever calls the TV show and also his friends and relatives.
New cast
In his current TV show, Konstantinidis is accompanied by Father Vasilios, Theodora Matana and K. Barbaliou.
Attack by the Antichrist
In 2006 Konstantinidis was bitten by a stray dog. In his next appearance on his television show, he showed pictures of the bite marks on his leg and declared that the dog was an incarnation of the Antichrist.
Career in telemarketing
Some years ago, Nikos Konstantinidis, in addition to his regular show, presented advertisements for Kochen, a furniture company.
See also
- Kyriakos Velopoulos
- Anestis Keramidas
- Dimosthenis Liakopoulos
- Georgiades Bros
- Anastasis Theodoridis