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The Telegraph: Die Welt opinion editor resigns over Elon Musk article
The Telegraph - Die Welt opinion editor resigns over Elon Musk article
Eva Marie Kogel quits after newspaper prints a piece from the Tesla boss that questions categorisation of the political party as far Right
Samuel Montgomery
28 December 2024 4:20pm GMT
The opinion editor at Die Welt has resigned after the conservative German newspaper printed an article from Elon Musk justifying his support for the hard-Right AfD.
Eva Marie Kogel said she handed in her resignation after the newspaper went to print on Friday.
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The article was commissioned by Mathias Döpfner, the head of the newspaper publisher Axel Springer, and was met with outrage from the newspaper’s editorial committee, according to Der Spiegel newspaper.
The article was published with a rebuttal by Jan Philipp Burgard, Die Welt’s editor-in-chief, who stated that while Mr Musk’s diagnosis of Germany’s ills may be correct, his judgment that only AfD could save Germany was “fatally wrong”.
Mr Burgard called attention to AfD’s desire for rapprochement with Russia, with the party calling for a restoration of trade and lifting of sanctions on Moscow.
He also warned of AfD’s intention to appease Beijing and leave the European Union, deeming the latter a “catastrophe”.
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Eva Marie Kogel quits after newspaper prints a piece from the Tesla boss that questions categorisation of the political party as far Right
Samuel Montgomery
28 December 2024 4:20pm GMT
The opinion editor at Die Welt has resigned after the conservative German newspaper printed an article from Elon Musk justifying his support for the hard-Right AfD.
Eva Marie Kogel said she handed in her resignation after the newspaper went to print on Friday.
/snip/
The article was commissioned by Mathias Döpfner, the head of the newspaper publisher Axel Springer, and was met with outrage from the newspaper’s editorial committee, according to Der Spiegel newspaper.
The article was published with a rebuttal by Jan Philipp Burgard, Die Welt’s editor-in-chief, who stated that while Mr Musk’s diagnosis of Germany’s ills may be correct, his judgment that only AfD could save Germany was “fatally wrong”.
Mr Burgard called attention to AfD’s desire for rapprochement with Russia, with the party calling for a restoration of trade and lifting of sanctions on Moscow.
He also warned of AfD’s intention to appease Beijing and leave the European Union, deeming the latter a “catastrophe”.
/snip
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It's OK to print Nazi propaganda, as long as you print a "rebuttal".
After all, the murder of 6 millions Jews and millions more Gypsys and physically and mentally disabled people, is just the other side of the same coin".
Both-sides have "valid" points...right?
