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Nice Article. Unlike what Der Spiegel wrote... They quickly associated the protestors with: Pegida, NPD, Front National, Bulgarian Ultranationalists, American T

by igl 11y ago

Nice Article. Unlike what Der Spiegel wrote... They quickly associated the protestors with: Pegida, NPD, Front National, Bulgarian Ultranationalists, American Tea-Party and Donald Trump. "Wer nichts Schlimmes daran findet, sich gedanklich bei Pegida-Bachmann, Marine Le Pen und Donald Trump unterzuhaken, darf bei der Demo heute gerne hinter dem Plakat mit dem Chlorhühnchen herrennen." Unbelievable. Source: http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-bei-der-demo-marschieren-rechte-mit-kommentar-a-1057131.html http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/ttip-bei-der-demo-...

nsns 11y ago
"Der SPIEGEL: Die BILD-Zeitung für Abiturienten." - Volker Pispers
OxO4 11y ago
The article on Der Spiegel is an opinion piece (Kommentar) and not thought to be neutral coverage.
- germanier 11y ago
  It's even not only an opinion piece but explicitly labelled as "polemic" and has a reply linked at the end.
wahsd 11y ago
Spiegel is very well situated within Germany's industrialist and business interests. I really would not have expected anything less from them. I don't think we really have anything sufficiently similar to compare them to, but it's definitely very upper establishment oriented.
- chki 11y ago
  Actually I've heard many people say (and I agree at least partially) that the "Spiegel" is quite "left" in the political spectrum. One example would be "Im Zweifel links" by Augstein and Fleischhauer.
  - tanto 11y ago
    IMO the "Der Spiegel" changed a lot since the death of Rudolf Augstein. Consider for example that for a while their assistant editor in chief was the former assistant editor in chief of "Bild". Which is very popular and very much on the "right" side of the political spectrum.
chki 11y ago
In my opinion the article gives a valid point, could you please elaborate on why you think it is wrong?
Certhas 11y ago
Yes, but in all fairness, this is one article out of 6 Spiegel Online had on the protests. And one was an explicit counter point to their own earlier polemic: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-kommentar-ich-bin-nicht-rechts-aber-gegen-ttip-a-1057182.html http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-kommentar-ich...

by igl 11y ago

nsns 11y ago

"Der SPIEGEL: Die BILD-Zeitung für Abiturienten." - Volker Pispers

OxO4 11y ago

The article on Der Spiegel is an opinion piece (Kommentar) and not thought to be neutral coverage.

germanier 11y ago
It's even not only an opinion piece but explicitly labelled as "polemic" and has a reply linked at the end.

wahsd 11y ago

Spiegel is very well situated within Germany's industrialist and business interests. I really would not have expected anything less from them. I don't think we really have anything sufficiently similar to compare them to, but it's definitely very upper establishment oriented.

chki 11y ago
Actually I've heard many people say (and I agree at least partially) that the "Spiegel" is quite "left" in the political spectrum. One example would be "Im Zweifel links" by Augstein and Fleischhauer.
- tanto 11y ago
  IMO the "Der Spiegel" changed a lot since the death of Rudolf Augstein. Consider for example that for a while their assistant editor in chief was the former assistant editor in chief of "Bild". Which is very popular and very much on the "right" side of the political spectrum.

chki 11y ago

In my opinion the article gives a valid point, could you please elaborate on why you think it is wrong?

Certhas 11y ago

Yes, but in all fairness, this is one article out of 6 Spiegel Online had on the protests. And one was an explicit counter point to their own earlier polemic: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-kommentar-ich-bin-nicht-rechts-aber-gegen-ttip-a-1057182.html http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-kommentar-ich...