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Telegraph and Politico owner says journalists must support Israel or resign (www.middleeasteye.net)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 45 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Everyone needs to know the places they get their news from. They also own Business Insider:

Mathias Dopfner, CEO and major shareholder

Mathias Döpfner (born 15 January 1963) is a German businessman, author, art collector, and journalist. He is the CEO of media group Axel Springer SE and, together with Friede Springer, holds 95% of the share in the company.[1] From 2016 to 2022 he was president of the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers (BDZV).

Döpfner has been described as a "close associate of Netanyahu" and "one of the most prominent and courageous voices in Europe in the longstanding fight against antisemitism and a staunch supporter of the state of Israel."[29]

In July 2025, Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote that Döpfner's name had been linked to the BibiLeaks scandal, where the alleged leak of a classified document from Netanyahu's office to Bild, a newspaper led by Döpfner.[30]

In October 2025, Döpfner was awarded the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor along with Israeli-American GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson by Israeli President Isaac Herzog.[31]

In October 2025, Döpfner wrote an op-ed in Politico accusing European aid to Palestine as having funded terrorism, and writing that by restricting aid to Israel, Europe was on the "wrong side of history".[32] In March 2026, he subsequently wrote a Politico op-ed expressing support for Israel and the United States in the 2026 Iran War.[33]

Company Axel Springer SE

As of 2001, the Axel Springer SE names what it describes as "solidarity with the libertarian values of the United States of America" as one of its core principles on its website.[62] This explicit stance has led to criticism from scholars and independent observers regarding the company's reported alignment with American interests.[63][64][65][66][67] Furthermore, an article in Foreign Policy has criticised Axel Springer SE for a history of compromising journalistic ethics to support right-wing causes, implying a longstanding pattern of bias in its publications.[68]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Springer_SE

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 36 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

For English readers, here’s what you can avoid:

Business Insider, Politico, The Daily Telegraph, Morning Brew

[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

That sucks, because Business Insider has a really interesting youtube channel.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Everyone needs to know the places they get their news from.

You mean like how you frequently post from an outlet (this one) that refuses to disclose its ownership or funding source and is widely believed to be funded by the Qatari government? Or is it different when it's you?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Wait, you're saying wikipedia is funded by qatar? WTF? I think you're taking some serious crazy pills.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Well yes. I was Qatar the whole time, funding Jibril Wales' government mouthpiece.

Obviously I'm talking about Middle East Eye ~~if you want to be a smarmy, obtuse shithead about it while dodging the concern you have no response to.~~

Edit: Totally mixed up users. Straight-up my bad.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Talk about swarmy, I've never posted middle east eye as far as I know. Go after OP if you have a problem with it.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, sorry. I was mistaking you for pete_link. There's no good explanation for that; just a total brain fart. Sorry, pele. I have to take the L on that; crow eaten. And I do, for what it's worth, appreciate you calling out Axel Springer. The owner is a massive piece of shit, even if e.g. Politico is quite reliable for US politics. I just saw it as severely hypocritcal because, well, I thought you were pete_link. Because I was being a dumbass.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's all good, we all make mistakes. I appreciate you owning up.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I deserved worse for this, so I appreciate you giving me more dignity than I gave you. You learn pretty quickly on Qatari astroturf farm Wikipedia to accept that, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you're just inevitably going to be the stupid, confidently incorrect fuckface, and you don't stick around long if you can't adapt to that. You cope with it, I think, by fully internalizing that you have to hold yourself accountable in the same way and to the same standards you expect of others because doing otherwise rots your own behavior, your ability to set realistic, useful expectations, and your position to call out others if you think they've been negligent.