This is timely in light of all the discussion about Fake News and the "Lügenpresse". Dr. Sandra Busch-Janser of the Think Tank Polisphere has put together this helpful InfoGraphic to show where the various news outlets - both print and online - stand in terms of reliable, serious journalism and their political perspective. For the most part, I agree with this graphic. I personally like to read articles from both the left-liberal and conservative viewpoints, and therefore try to read Die Zeit, FAZ, NZZ, and Tagesspiegel, where I find both good reporting and thoughtful opinion pieces. But I often find good and thought-provoking articles in diverse outlets such as der Freitag and Cicero.
In any event, the Free Press is still alive and well in Germany - despite the best efforts of the Kremlin and legion of Conspiracy Theorists and Fake News outlets. I very much appreciate the hard work and dedication of the reporters/journalists and publishers. Our freedom and democracy depends on them.
(Click on the image to enlarge).
My daily news routine goes like this:
Spiegel -> Zeit -> Sueddeutsche -> Welt.
After that I am either amused or frustrated (but not as much as when confronted with ARD/ZDF news, which I have ceased to watch and in my opinion should be displayed further on the left side) and when I am then still in the mood for serious content, I got to Tichy's Einblick.
I was not aware Tichy's Einblick is this well-known already to appear on such a map.
Generally I would be fine with the German media world all in all. However what really needs to go away is the public TV outlets (news or "political broadcasts") financed by everyone on a compulsory basis.
I guess I am not the only one who is sick of being fed established parties' propaganda and even having to pay for it.
Posted by: Zyme | February 28, 2017 at 04:17 AM