A member of the Jewish Board in the German Politico publisher Axel Springer resigned on Wednesday a few days after publicly accusing US media outlet of “Hamas’s unilateral support”.
Martín Varsavsky, a Argentine entrepreneur who has served on the Supervisory Board of the German media conglomerate since 2014, criticizing Politico’s journalistic integrity in a post on the social media platform X.
“As far as politico is concerned, I find their news coverage that does not match my ethical standards. SH.BA has changed, Germany has changed, hopefully it will be politico,” Varsavsky wrote on X.
He also claimed that Politico engaged in “unilateral support of Hamas” after its publication of an Associated Press history in Israeli air strikes in Gaza last week.
In addition to his latest remarks, Varsavsky who describes himself as a friend of Elon Musk-I had accused reporters on Axel Springer of being “woke up” in a deleted post on X.
The media giant faces a delicate balance of balance between the tensions of escalation between Politico and the Trump administration.
Recently, President Trump called Politico a “left cloth” and instructed officials to terminate government reconciliations. The media outlet was also removed from the Pentagon offices and replaced by more pronely publications.
Further complicated matters, Trump fake Politico of receiving $ 8 million from the US Agency for International Development.
Axel Springer’s general manager, Mathias Döpfner, who is known for his criticism of “Woke” culture and his links to Trump -related figures, recently praised a controversial speech by Vice President JD Vance as “inspiring” Trump’s criticism of Politico a “misunderstanding”.
Reps for Axel Springer refused to comment on the departure of Varsavsky.
The post has requested comment from Varsavsky and Politico.
Axel Springer won politico for about $ 1 billion in 2021 to expand its impact on the US media market.
Resources familiar with the situation told Times that the exit of Varsavsky from Axel Springer had been in operation for some time and that the impetus for his departure was linked to internal restructuring forward by $ 14.85 billion foreseen by media giant divided by the KKR private capital.
Axel Springer has reconfigured her business as part of her agreement with KKR.
The German conglomerate will share its media assets (including Politico, Business Insider and the German -language daily Bild and Die Welt) from its classified division, which is now controlled by the NRC and CPPIB.
As part of this strategic change, Axel Springer is also considering the sale of its marketing unit, Awin, to focus more fully on its main media operations.
Sources acknowledged that Varsavsky’s open criticism caused internal discussions about his dismissal potentially faster than he was planned.
However, it was finally decided that his exit would continue as originally planned, according to FT.
Axel Springer holds a powerful pro-Israeli editorial attitude. Its domestic behavior code, which applies to all its media properties, clearly states: “We support the Jewish people and the right of the state of Israel to exist.”
Varsavsky sparked controversy after it was learned that he played a back-to-back role in facilitating Musk’s thought in Die Welt’s Sunday edition, Welt AM Sonntag, adopting the far-right alternative to Germany (AFD) in the last election.
In the opinion, Musk openly supported the party, criticizing “excessive left arrangement and Islamic colonization under the guise of diversity”.
AFD managed to win the second largest number of countries in the German Bundestag, but the CDU/CSU conservative alliance led by Friedrich Merz captured most of the votes and is currently in talks to form a coalition with center -left parties, including Social Democrats.
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