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The debate surrounding the origin of Covid-19 ("laboratory theory") has impressively demonstrated that the prevailing opinion isn't necessarily correct, and that even a position denigrated by opinion leaders and mainstream media as a conspiracy theory can be accurate. Even more serious appears to be the complete ignorance of information, such as the phrase often heard in recent months that there is "no...

Hundreds of Nazi forced laborers died under the "personnel responsibility" of Herbert Quandt, who later rescued BMW. This doesn't stop his heirs from awarding a highly endowed journalism prize in his honor to this day – with proud winners. ereporter has been documenting this media scandal for years. What do BR, BILD, Correctiv, Deutschlandradio, Handelsblatt, HR, NDR, NZZ, SPIEGEL, ZEIT, and ZDF have in common? Journalists from these…

First, the good in the bad: Azerbaijan's brutal attack on the Armenian civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh—with bombs, rockets, and combat drones against men, women, and children—was indeed worthy of more extensive coverage by our colleagues in German editorial offices. A previous 10-month-long food blockade by Azerbaijan, which led to several deaths from starvation and numerous miscarriages, was not even mentioned until...

For over a month, soldiers described by Azerbaijan as "environmental activists" have been blocking the only road from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Over 120.000 Armenians are cut off from supplies. Food and medicine are becoming increasingly scarce. While the EU likes to present itself as a peacekeeping force in the case of Ukraine, and most media outlets are almost in lockstep with the supposed rescue...

The German Bundestag's 2016 resolution contained bold words: Against the backdrop of the German Empire's complicity and significant involvement in the Turkish genocide of the Armenians, the parliament emphasized Germany's special responsibility. The German Bundestag (...) deplores the actions of the then Young Turk government, which led to the almost complete...

The failure of the EU and Germany couldn't be greater: In an attempt to replace their most important gas supplier because of its illegal war of aggression, they found a new gas supplier that is waging a war of aggression in violation of international law. But while in the case of Russia's attack on Ukraine, politics and public opinion largely march in lockstep, in the case of...

How do you appropriately celebrate the birthday of an unscrupulous entrepreneur who, under his leadership, led to the deaths of hundreds of forced laborers and personally planned a new concentration camp subcamp for his company? Quite simply: You award a journalism prize annually on June 22nd in honor of his "life's work" and donate €50.000 to journalists from the largest media companies possible, who then proudly celebrate the receipt of...