Okay, I won’t share politico links anymore.
Well, good. Genuine question, though: What finally changed your mind? Because plenty users of the Fediverse have repeatedly warned about Politico and their far right connections. This is on brand for Axel Springer. They‘ve been helping german Neo-Nazis to gain influence for decades and have been expanding globally for a while now. The whole thing is owned by a billionaire who is just as bad ad Thiel or Musk.
Well, the point you now make is not grounded in fact. They have not been helping German Nazis gain influence.
That is why this close connection is important new information.
Have you seen their tabloids and what they write about refugees? Bild is and has always been the largest “traditional media” voice for right wing populism and against left wing politics in Germany.
Neither of you provided proof in either direction
https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-dark-history-of-the-telegraphs is on first sight a decent summary. Axel Springer IS trash.
OK I’ve heard often here on Lemmy that Springer is really bad and we should avoid Politico, but I wasn’t quite sure I believed he is as bad as they claimed…
But obviously he is. ☹️ 😡
I guess I have to thank him for making it crystal clear.One important thing here: Springer and Axel Springer are two different publishers. Springer is a publisher for scientific books and has nothing to do with Axel Springer, which is the publisher behind problematic newspapers like Bild, Welt or Politico.
Springer is a publisher for scientific books
Isn’t that Springer-Verlag?
I’m not exactly sure but at least their logo just says Springer. Just wanted to point that out for people who might not know, because I was once confused about if they have anything to do with each other.
Sure that would be possible, I just thought that Springer is a relatively common name.
Apparently it has changed name at some point, so now it’s called Springer Science+Business Media, with companies just called Springer.I used a few books from Springer-Verlag back in the 90’s, despite it’s harder for me to read German than English, they had a few books that were absolutely stellar.
It would be very sad if those were related to Axel Springer.It would be very sad if those were related to Axel Springer.
Fortunately they aren’t. Axel Springer Verlag (Bild, Welt, Politico, …) is not related to Verlag Julius Springer (Springer Nature with several imprints, e.g. Springer-Verlag).
Fascists give fascist award to fellow fascist.
This is why media ownership matters: When the people deciding what gets amplified are also celebrating political power brokers, it becomes harder to separate journalism from influence. Even if Politico’s newsroom stays independent, the optics alone are enough to make readers question where the lines really are.
Exactly. It‘s billionaires giving each other awards for being awful to us.
I would like to formally give a prize to far right billionaire Peter Thiel. Biggest Shit stain on humanity, Congrats Mr Thiel you will be forever forgotten as soon as you pass out, but your stinking legacy will remain.
What’s the name of the award? The Swasty?
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Honestly, nobody cares about some Axel fucking Springer price.
dude just invented high risk, regulation skirting not-banks and modern facism dev kit
it’s quiet for politico