World Press Freedom Rank: Germany 16/180
According to Reporters without Borders, Germany has “strong constitutional guarantees,” but increasing hostility towards journalists threatens media both from the “far-right” and “a few also emanate from radical leftists.” For example, often far-right movements such as Pegida target journalists.
In Germany, many large corporations own media and dominate the media landscape. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (merged with springer ), Axel Springer SE (largest in Europe), Bertelsmann (Largest Media Enterprise), Südwestdeutsche Medienholding, Funke Mediengruppe (third largest newspaper and magazine publisher), DuMont Schauberg (oldest publishing house), and Madsack are among the few owning the majority of media. This power concentration may create a media oligopoly that threatens pluralism and leads to pro-corporate bias.
Media Bias Fact Check: Germany
English
DW: Deutsche Welle
Center-Left, Bonn, high factual reporting
German
Frankfurter Allgemeine
$: Right-Center, Frankfurt, high factual reporting
Die Zeit
Center-Left, Hamburg, high factual reporting
Die Welt
Right-Center, Berlin, high factual reporting
