Thus, when you’re tempted to share a Politico article, please look instead for an article from a different source.
(Also, if you’re wondering, know that Axel Springer, the mass media company, has nothing to do with Springer, the science publisher (the one with the chess knight logo; it’s named after Julius Springer; it deserves criticism of its own, but a different kind.)
Politico is 90% shit and 10% lucky break. They skew headlines and have obvious skin in the game. A great way to see this is to look at the European version and then compare it to the US version.
What news organization today isn’t owned by some international goliath?
There’s no “objective” source, so you must read from multiple sources and then try to discern what’s really going on by what they DON’T say.
What news organization today isn’t owned by some international goliath?
Excellent question. Here are the ones I could think of; let’s collect links! (Of course, they all have their flaws.)
World at large:
- <please help me out, folks>
US-focussed:
Europe in general:
- Most public broadcasting stations (BBC and the likes of it)
Germany:
- nd-aktuell.de
- jacobin.de
- kontextwochenzeitung.de (Baden-Württemberg)
- taz.de
- jungewelt.de (with a grain of salt)
- netzpolitik.org (digital/privacy/civil rights politics)
Philippines:
- rappler.com (led by Maria Ressa, do watch this speech of hers)
Well, I can’t say I support or like Axel Springer, as it is definitely conservative, but they are definitely pro-democracy. I wouldn’t say they are populist, or right-wing, eg I don’t see them supporting the AfD. Always consider that US “liberals or democrats” are much more to the right compared to similar parties in the EU: Bill Clinton can easily be considered a conservative in most European countries.
Exactly! Bild is naturally hard to read; but compared to the britisch Sun or Daily Mail it seems like a leftist pamphlet 😜
I looked at Welt once (their largest newspaper that is considered to be the less right wing populist one compared to Bild), and the second or so article was from the editor and boiled down to: The conservative party not working with the Nazi party (AfD, and Nazi as in literally using Nazi slogans, talking about replacement theory and differentiating between immgrants with German citizenship and real Germans) is really a ploy by the left wing parties to force their ideas on Germany and force the AfD to become more radical.
They are at least at the edge of pro democracy
