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by ulfw 556 days ago
Ah yes calling DW a propaganda channel.

We found the Russian state actor account here.

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DW is literally the only German state owned media, financed directly by tax money. And they don't even have a German broadcast anymore.

Compare this to the other German public broadcasting (ARD and ZDF), who are financed by their own (obligatory) dues ("Rundfunkbeitrag"), which is set by politics, but cannot be easily taken away from them.

Here's a litmus test for German propaganda channels:

What does it say about Palestine?