What’s going on with the “Spiegel”?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:54 am
It was Helmut Kohl's last revenge: he died on a Friday. The "Spiegel", his toughest journalistic opponent, had long since been printed and delivered. While the competition outdid each other in media praise of the "Chancellor of Unity" the next day, the following "Spiegel" cover carried a lukewarm provocation: "Capital Hamburg". But just a few days later, the counterattack. Gorbachev, Macron, Gabriel and Martin Walser paid homage to the deceased in the "Spiegel". The news magazine showed what it can still do. If it really wants to.
But the author - a "Spiegel" junkie for brazil rcs data decades - feels more and more like a disappointed lover. Has the monotony of Merkel's politics itself put the "Spiegel" to sleep? Or is it just the glorification of its glorious past? It is undoubtedly a fact that sensitive topics such as refugees in Germany or the EU crisis are being questioned less and less, and are instead only dealt with in a "politically correct" look. Instead, the news magazine excels in its constant Trump bashing. As if the American president would resign because of this. The same applies to Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Although subjected to a constant barrage of "Spiegel", her resignation is as likely as Martin Schulz's election victory. That would not have happened with the old "Spiegel".
For months, the news magazine has been trying to prove to football god Ronaldo that he had to pay $950,000 in damages for a rape in Las Vegas. Actually a sensational story. But what happened in Las Vegas stayed in Las Vegas. Also probably a first: in its own article, "Spiegel" complained that the Ronaldo scoop did not generate any major reactions. Which was really surprising.
But now Hamburg seems to be pulling the tried and tested emergency brake. Topic of the penultimate special issue: Hitler’s rise to power.
But the author - a "Spiegel" junkie for brazil rcs data decades - feels more and more like a disappointed lover. Has the monotony of Merkel's politics itself put the "Spiegel" to sleep? Or is it just the glorification of its glorious past? It is undoubtedly a fact that sensitive topics such as refugees in Germany or the EU crisis are being questioned less and less, and are instead only dealt with in a "politically correct" look. Instead, the news magazine excels in its constant Trump bashing. As if the American president would resign because of this. The same applies to Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Although subjected to a constant barrage of "Spiegel", her resignation is as likely as Martin Schulz's election victory. That would not have happened with the old "Spiegel".
For months, the news magazine has been trying to prove to football god Ronaldo that he had to pay $950,000 in damages for a rape in Las Vegas. Actually a sensational story. But what happened in Las Vegas stayed in Las Vegas. Also probably a first: in its own article, "Spiegel" complained that the Ronaldo scoop did not generate any major reactions. Which was really surprising.
But now Hamburg seems to be pulling the tried and tested emergency brake. Topic of the penultimate special issue: Hitler’s rise to power.