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Telegraph and Politico owner says journalists must support Israel or resign
(www.middleeasteye.net)
Make him fire you.
this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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"Freedom of speech" was listed as a core value but apparently not if you use that speech to criticize Israel
Resign from... journalism?
He insists that loyalty to Israel sits at the heart of the company’s identity
That's just propaganda without the paychecks.
So, no belief in political freedom, or freedom from persecution there.
Hey, maybe we could even forbid people who don't support Israel from owning businesses, smash up their businesses, and make those people wear yellow stars on their clothes, so we can identify them better.
Nail on the fucking head
Ellison's orders are coming down the chain.
So anyone posting those two here shall be berated
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]
For English readers, here’s what you can avoid:
Business Insider, Politico, The Daily Telegraph, Morning Brew
That sucks, because Business Insider has a really interesting youtube channel.
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?
Wait, you're saying wikipedia is funded by qatar? WTF? I think you're taking some serious crazy pills.
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.
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.
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.
It's all good, we all make mistakes. I appreciate you owning up.
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.
As soon as we get to the tipping point and collectively realise the only way to get any chance of having a normal world again, is to rid ourselves of this Epstein Class, he will be one of the first to fall. He virtually has no personal security compared to many of the others.
Politicians get a lot of blame for our current state but I think journalists are just as culpable.
Professional standards (and human morality) exist for a reason.
Go examine a journalism course curriculum - they are still pumping out good journos that speak truth to power.
The trouble is media ownership is very much captured by the ultrawealthy, and they appoint editors and department heads that further their personal goals to the detriment of journalism.
Like Bezos spiking stories about billionaires or Trump, ever since he took ownership of the Washington Post. Or Murdoch, since daddy gave him a media empire.
The problem is not individual journalists - it's the media ownership landscape.
I think the journalists themselves are stuck in the same place a lot of us. Working for someone they can’t support morally, because they owe money and need a paycheque, and every place they could move to will likely have the same problem.
The issue is with the owners.
A special Guillotine for Murdoch
Oops, accidently letting that racial supremacy mask slip off.