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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You might want to switch to the German pages for some juicer bits. I mainly posted the English page for the international audience here.

Short summary for non-German speakers:

  • Döpfner is very likely implicated to some degree in the Cum Ex tax scams
  • He is linked to Peter Thiel via his sons endeavors in the US
  • He used his position and influence to push support for political parties a the publisher
  • The controversy around Julian Reichelts abuse of power at the Axel Springer Verlag highlights a "tech bro"-like environments at Bild, the main paper of the publisher.
[–] Pip@feddit.org 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, that warrants concern about the publisher, but none of it directly implicates Politico Europe.

Did he ever use his losigom and influence to pish support for far right parties? Which parties?

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Okay, that warrants concern about the publisher, but none of it directly implicates Politico Europe.

Döpfner made clear after the acquisition that he intends to push the same "values" in Politico as in the rest of the publishing house.

Did he ever use his losigom and influence to pish support for far right parties? Which parties?

Not openly, but the narrative and framing pushed by the Bild paper sits firmly between CDU/CSU and AfD positions and frequently contains articles that only barely miss the classification as hit pieces against actual left leanings actors.