I see a lot of politico links in this sub and I’d just like to say:

POLITICO Europe is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE.

That’s a right leaning and pretty unethical publisher and politico has already been caught several times spreading reactionary propaganda. I also suspect they publish undisclosed opinion pieces as news. Like some fossil fuel investor explaining how wind turbines could be hacked by China without providing any compelling evidence. Many articles are well written so it’s hard to spot the grift sometimes. Just stay vigilant.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Agreed. But it’s one of the more harmless sources people often share here. People share right wing billionaire owned sources all the time. It really ticks me off.

    the Telegraph by right wing billionaires Barclay brothers, the Times (UK) owned by far right billionaire Rupert Murdoch, notorious friend of Trump and owner of Fox News

    EuroNews, bought by shell corp strongly linked to Victor Orbán’s, authoritarian government.

    HuffPost I think was recently bought by right wing billionaire who is friends with Trump. (not sure about this one)

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Axel Springer SE is owned by billionaires, too, and they’re obviously far right, too. They also own BILD, which is probably Germany’s most popular “newspaper” (legally not allowed to call itself “newspaper” due to low quality) and it’s very far right.

    • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      We probably need a comprehensive list of common news sources’ political allignments. Fits the current spirit anyway.

      • klangcola@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I’ll start: The Guardian (UK) is self-owned (owned by an organization whose purpose is the long term economic viability and editorial independence of the Guardian).

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I was confused there and thought you were saying that they were bought by the Shell corporation. But after doing some searching and reading, I see what you mean: a shell corporation.

      There’s definitely concern around Victor Orban’s influence. And your own news Euronews have had Clickbait headlines for quite awhile already. I prefer DW now myself.

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        DW is operated by the German government with the goal to further the “German viewpoint” internationally. It is not a public broadcaster, but explicitly operated by the federal government.