The new owners have made support for Israel a core principle
The Daily Telegraph is being acquired by a German-based media giant - and now its journalists are formally expected to support Israel.
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has cleared the takeover by Axel Springer SE. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, has written to Telegraph staff "outlining his commitment" to the paper.
An employee at The Telegraph has sent me that letter. It is deeply revealing.
Döpfner insists that the values of The Telegraph and the publishing house founded by late tycoon Axel Springer - dubbed 'Germany's Rupert Murdoch' - are aligned. They are, he says, "Freedom, free markets, individual freedom and freedom of speech."
He goes further. Axel Springer, he explains, is "guided by a clear editorial compass." Its employees are rooted in its Essentials - "core values to which we are firmly committed."
There is, he adds, "no such thing as neutral journalism": only journalism that is "pluralistic and surprising, fair, and fact-based."
The Daily Telegraph is being acquired by a German-based media giant - and now its journalists are formally expected to support Israel.
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has cleared the takeover by Axel Springer SE. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, has written to Telegraph staff "outlining his commitment" to the paper.
An employee at The Telegraph has sent me that letter. It is deeply revealing.
Döpfner insists that the values of The Telegraph and the publishing house founded by late tycoon Axel Springer - dubbed 'Germany's Rupert Murdoch' - are aligned. They are, he says, "Freedom, free markets, individual freedom and freedom of speech."
He goes further. Axel Springer, he explains, is "guided by a clear editorial compass." Its employees are rooted in its Essentials - "core values to which we are firmly committed."
There is, he adds, "no such thing as neutral journalism": only journalism that is "pluralistic and surprising, fair, and fact-based."
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