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> 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 Germ

• 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).
      • Semaphor 5y ago
        That doesn’t really make them left-leaning. With the same argument the CDU would be a left-leaning party.
        • rainworld 5y ago
          A tempting conclusion if you look at Germany’s transformation since the war. But what does left-leaning even mean. Before Occupy Wall Street went down in flames, (actual, hard) leftist liked to critique the false dichotomy between what’s presented as left-wing and right-wing politics in western democracies, and they were very right to do so. What I wrote here about media applies to politics just as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28904146
  • rndgermandude 5y ago
    >Bertelsmann, a left-leaning media conglomerate Sorry, what? Bertelsmann is a lot of things, but left-leaning ain't it. They are true neo-con/neo-liberal free-market fetishists. They are only left-leaning in so far as they are extreme-right-rejecting, with their Bertelsmann Foundation acting as their vehicle for lobbying, e.g. deregulation of the television market (where Bertelsmann is a big player with RTL). They are a lot like Alex Springer in that regard, as both are very "free market" and rather conservative (unless there is money to be made) and against too much "socialism" and against nazis. They are also a direct Alex Springer competitor outside of television (where Springer thus far only has a minor presence after they repeatedly failed to take over RTLs competitor Sat1Prosieben) as Bertelsmann owns Gruner+Jahr (magazines, tabloids and newspapers), Penguin Random House (largest book publisher in the world) and additionally companies like BMG (music publisher), and the Arvato you mentioned (who not only do "content moderation" but credit checks, logistics and all kinds of other services). Alex Springer and Bild, and Julian Reichelt at it's helm, is powerful, but a lot less so than a lot of people would want you to believe, and a lot less than they used to be. But I'd agree that Bertelsmann is more powerful/influential in Europe and Germany than Springer now.
    • rainworld 5y ago
      Turns out nearly all mainstream media everywhere in the West are more or less socially progressive if not left-wing; generally capitalist, pro-free-market (although sometimes affecting a vaguely socialist façade[0]); and effectively if not avowedly neo-conservative w.r.t. to foreign relations. This also happens to be the dominant ideology of American elites and the editorial policy of the NYT. [0]: An eye-opening piece: https://palladiummag.com/2019/08/05/the-real-problem-at-yale-is-not-free-speech/ https://palladiummag.com/2019/08/05/the-real-problem-at-yale... Cf. this thread: https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1443327471806521344 https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1443327471806521344
      • woodpanel 5y ago
        Exactly. Just because Bertelsmann isn't as left as oneself might want them to be, doesn't mean they aren't left-leaning
  • LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
    Bertelsmann? Left leaning?! Prrr-hrrr-hrrr-hpft!