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At object level, this article has no reason to exist. An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. But of course, for watcher

At object level, this article has no reason to exist. An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. But of course, for watchers of the NYT and how America likes to conduct its uh international relations it’s a very familiar sight. Sneaky one might say. Bild’s politics are now center-right [lol], but have grown sharp-edged under Mr. Reichelt, a former war correspondent. The tabloid initially welcomed Syrian refugees, then turned bitterly critical of immigration (though it is also hostile to the far-right AfD party). A Washington correspondent for Bild complained, in internal Slack messages that subsequently leaked, of a slant toward Donald Trump in the coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential debates. The paper has also attacked the German government’s Covid restrictions and its main public health expert. There you go. Payback. Being an atlanticist lapdog 90% of the time just isn’t good enough.

Tomte 5y ago
> At object level, this article has no reason to exist. An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. False. American regular news. Because that publisher has been buying several American media companies, with more in sight.
- rainworld 5y ago
  Then why isn’t the article framed that way? Why is it 60% ethics in journalism and 30% “Springer’s been a naughty boy”? As Goethe wrote: So fühlt man Absicht, und man ist verstimmt.
  - rndgermandude 5y ago
    I particularly liked when they needlessly pointed out that Döpfner (who is not Reichelt) "also owns one of Germany’s leading collections of female nude paintings". He owns such a collection, but if it's really a "leading" one is rather debatable... he owns around 350 paintings total, most of the showing nude people (according to himself, in 2019). But why is this factoid even thrown into the article? For the added raunchyness alone to spice up the article, or to imply Döpfner is a bit pervy himself and maybe even wants to protect the pervy Bild editor Reichelt, who had sex with coworkers? While I personally loathe Alex Springer, especially Bild, and then especially Reichelt, this article is really so void of fact that I can only conclude it's a deliberate hitpiece. Lots of handwaving, lots of unproven allegations, hearsay and insinuations. Bild and Reichelt, true hitpiece-afficionados, would love it... if it wasn't about them :P
    - christkv 5y ago
      Looks like the writer was an ex politico writer. Maybe he got sacked after the buyout and has an ax to grind
cyptus 5y ago
> An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. Julian Reichelt is one of most (if not the most) powerful chief editor in Germany. The story does not end with "he fucked an intern" but Axel Springer is using its power to make this story not public. Mr. Dirk Ippen (biggest shareholder of ippen medias) prevents huge publications from multiple medias of months of investigations to this case: https://twitter.com/janboehm/status/1449860072037879812/photo/1 https://twitter.com/janboehm/status/1449860072037879812/phot... (German)
- woodpanel 5y ago
  No, Reichelt is not powerful (as is indicated by him being almost fired). The most powerful media people in Germany as well as Europe are the ones running Bertelsmann, a left-leaning media conglomerate, which ironically is responsible for a majority of banned social media content and accounts in Germany, as its subsidiary Arvato provides "content-moderation services" to Facebook, Google and Twitter. Nothing fishy about a media conglomerate censoring opinions that are dissenting from the ones its own think-tank (Bertelsmann foundation) is promoting. But yeah, Julian reichelt, is powerful.
  - Semaphor 5y ago
    How are Bertelsmann left-leaning?
    - chuckee 5y ago
      The Bertelsmann Foundation wants to promote social integration and diversity. It advocates for creating a "comprehensive and long-term migration architecture" for Germany. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Stiftung#Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Stiftung#Society But as the sibling comment notes, in other areas they're not at all left-leaning, e.g.: Arvato, a division of the Bertelsmann Group, declared the privatization of public services a strategic business area. It should not surprise anyone that characterizing their politics on a one-dimensional left-right spectrum is inaccurate (findings such as https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12320 https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12320 notwithstanding).

Tomte 5y ago

> At object level, this article has no reason to exist. An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. False. American regular news. Because that publisher has been buying several American media companies, with more in sight.

rainworld 5y ago
Then why isn’t the article framed that way? Why is it 60% ethics in journalism and 30% “Springer’s been a naughty boy”? As Goethe wrote: So fühlt man Absicht, und man ist verstimmt.
- rndgermandude 5y ago
  I particularly liked when they needlessly pointed out that Döpfner (who is not Reichelt) "also owns one of Germany’s leading collections of female nude paintings". He owns such a collection, but if it's really a "leading" one is rather debatable... he owns around 350 paintings total, most of the showing nude people (according to himself, in 2019). But why is this factoid even thrown into the article? For the added raunchyness alone to spice up the article, or to imply Döpfner is a bit pervy himself and maybe even wants to protect the pervy Bild editor Reichelt, who had sex with coworkers? While I personally loathe Alex Springer, especially Bild, and then especially Reichelt, this article is really so void of fact that I can only conclude it's a deliberate hitpiece. Lots of handwaving, lots of unproven allegations, hearsay and insinuations. Bild and Reichelt, true hitpiece-afficionados, would love it... if it wasn't about them :P
  - christkv 5y ago
    Looks like the writer was an ex politico writer. Maybe he got sacked after the buyout and has an ax to grind

cyptus 5y ago

> An editor of a German newspaper fucked an intern. International breaking news. Julian Reichelt is one of most (if not the most) powerful chief editor in Germany. The story does not end with "he fucked an intern" but Axel Springer is using its power to make this story not public. Mr. Dirk Ippen (biggest shareholder of ippen medias) prevents huge publications from multiple medias of months of investigations to this case: https://twitter.com/janboehm/status/1449860072037879812/photo/1 https://twitter.com/janboehm/status/1449860072037879812/phot... (German)

woodpanel 5y ago
No, Reichelt is not powerful (as is indicated by him being almost fired). The most powerful media people in Germany as well as Europe are the ones running Bertelsmann, a left-leaning media conglomerate, which ironically is responsible for a majority of banned social media content and accounts in Germany, as its subsidiary Arvato provides "content-moderation services" to Facebook, Google and Twitter. Nothing fishy about a media conglomerate censoring opinions that are dissenting from the ones its own think-tank (Bertelsmann foundation) is promoting. But yeah, Julian reichelt, is powerful.
- Semaphor 5y ago
  How are Bertelsmann left-leaning?
  - chuckee 5y ago
    The Bertelsmann Foundation wants to promote social integration and diversity. It advocates for creating a "comprehensive and long-term migration architecture" for Germany. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Stiftung#Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann_Stiftung#Society But as the sibling comment notes, in other areas they're not at all left-leaning, e.g.: Arvato, a division of the Bertelsmann Group, declared the privatization of public services a strategic business area. It should not surprise anyone that characterizing their politics on a one-dimensional left-right spectrum is inaccurate (findings such as https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12320 https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12320 notwithstanding).