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🇩🇪 Der Spiegel

Germany · DE · https://www.spiegel.de

About Der Spiegel

Major Daily Center-leftEstablished source

Der Spiegel is published by SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG. Its ownership structure is unique, with 50.5% held by employees through a democratically organized holding company (Mitarbeiter-KG), 24% by the Augstein family, and 25.5% by the international media group Bertelsmann via its subsidiary RM Hamburg Holding GmbH.

Der Spiegel, founded in 1947, is renowned for its investigative journalism and critical stance, having played a key role in uncovering numerous political scandals, including the significant 'Spiegel affair' in 1962. Media Bias/Fact Check and Ground News rate Der Spiegel as having a Left-Center bias and high to very high factual reporting. However, the outlet faced significant controversies, notably the 2018 Claas Relotius fabrication scandal, where a reporter invented facts and quotes in multiple stories, some with alleged anti-American bias, and a 2022 instance of publishing fake news about a refugee death. Der Spiegel publicly addressed these issues, apologized, and conducted internal investigations, highlighting its extensive fact-checking department.

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