Cover of Germany's Der Spiegel June issue, titled "Fire Devil: A President Burns Down His Country

[NoRWNJ]

Cover of Germany's Der Spiegel June issue, titled "Fire Devil: A President Burns Down His Country"

[gristy]

1. Der Spiegel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Spiegel

Der Spiegel (German pronunciation: [deːɐ̯ ˈʃpiːɡl̩], lit. "The Mirror" ) is a far-left German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.[1] With a weekly circulation of 840,000 copies, it is the largest such publication in Europe.[2][3][4]

It was founded in 1947[5] by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognised in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes.[6] Typically, the magazine has a content to advertising ratio of 2:1.

Der Spiegel is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the Spiegel scandal in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. According to The Economist, Der Spiegel is one of continental Europe's most influential magazines.[7]

[gristy]

3. A Der Spiegel cover from way back in 2017

Link to tweet

[Cha]

35. Yep.. they know. They had a cover in jan 2016 that

I posted that warned us about trump but they didn't listern

[thucythucy]

5. I never thought of Der Spiegel as "far left"

though perhaps in America it would be considered so.

I always thought it mainstream leaning left, or maybe left, but "far-left?"

It's not like it's something from the Sparacist League or the SWP.

[ananda]

8. What's "far left" these days is just good reporting..

.. and truth.

[thucythucy]

11. Absolutely.

And by labeling it "far left" it loses credibility in the eyes of many Americans.

I find German reporting on American politics by and large to be far more inciteful (and fact based) than most American reporting.

One side effect of the Trump plague: for the time being at least i will be unable to visit my German family (and they certainly don't want to come here).

Best wishes.

[wnylib]

24. I think you mean "insightful"

as in giving insight or greater understanding to something.

"Incite" is arousing people to action, as in inciting a riot.

A way to remember the spelling difference is by associating the "sight" in insight with "seeing" into something to understand it.

[thucythucy]

29. Oops. My bad!

Thanks for the tip!

[Roy Rolling]

36. Wikipedia

Someone should edit the page, unless Der Spiegel wants to be labeled far left.

[hopeforchange2008]

13. +1000

[soldierant]

21. What is considered in the United States to be "far left"

would e considered "center-right" in most of the world.

[BlueMTexpat]

22. This ... or "center"

at worst.

[Mickju]

23. I have never heard it called far left.

[think4yourself]

10. Hardly "far-left"

Ich hab keine idee where that came from.

[wnylib]

25. Ich denke von der recht.

[cannabis_flower]

18. Interesting, when I clicked on the link

It didn't say it was far-left. Maybe someone changed it and they changed it back. Or did you add that?

[scipan]

19. It doesn't say "far left". Did you add that?

[gristy]

20. Interesting! No I did not.

It said "far-left" when I posted. Someone made an edit. My guess the 2nd edit in the list below

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[soothsayer]

2. He'll probably commission a painting

[Evolve Dammit]

4. He doesn't look that good. More jowly. Pretty good painting though.

[Captain Zero]

6. Hardly a far left magazine.

Maybe here where everything has skewed to the far right, but Spiegel is owned and operated by Gruner and Jahr, And Bertelsmann AG. They are not leftist corporations, probably just cognizant of their role in the press to root out out corruption and perfidy.

[WinstonSmith4740]

7. I do love the way the artist subtly made his hands small.

Maybe I'm seeing what I want to, but I can never remember seeing any man's cuffs lift that far off his wrist.

[Scalded Nun]

9. Link to Spiegel Images

https://www.google.com/search?q=new+der+spiegel+cover&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=SeQXT91eJyul3M%252Cpxab_PLGfa6ygM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSWNlXiDRRYXghZrGQYXqA1OR7x8A&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEgcGn_szqAhUJQq0KHYceDsgQ9QEwAHoECAoQBA&biw=1920&bih=958#imgrc=SeQXT91eJyul3M

[2naSalit]

12. K&R

[patphil]

14. Nero fiddled, Donnie tweets and golfs.

[McKim]

15. Can You Imagine....

Can you imagine the French tolerating this? This country is so passive!!!!! This is frustrating.

[ancianita]

17. ENTIRELY too passive. Almost depressed. The depressed sleep a lot.

But then, our legal structures have tried everything.

So that legal structure will have to be change with new laws passed by a new Congress, signed by a new president.

[jaxexpat]

38. The American people have been trained like Pavlov's dog.......

to see themselves reflected by their bank account. If it's okay, then all is well. If it's not, then we must blame ourselves. And that people without bank accounts have simply chosen not exist at all. They're invisible. Nothing can be done with them that wouldn't threaten our bank accounts. We're powerless, we could go bankrupt or be reduced to homelessness if we allow ourselves to express or even HAVE considerations outside the lines of personal accounting.
If we had a more comprehensive social support network, like any part of Europe does, for instance, then maybe more would allow themselves the bother of actually giving a damn enough to speak up.

[ancianita]

41. You're right. That should be reflected in new laws that enforce enfranchisement and

the de-commodifying of human bodies. No one is qualified to put a price on human bodies. No human is to be valued by currency or commodification systems. We should support Black Lives Matter as the catalyst for speaking up, along with those who are doing that by protesting with them.

Look for the vanguards and make everyone pay attention to them enough to shift directions under law.

[sumus]

16. A perfect Presidential Portrait

[left-of-center2012]

26. What the world is thinking

[zentrum]

27. Europe really, REALLY

......misses Obama.

[MontanaMama]

37. I do too.

[Skittles]

28. CORRECT

[NBachers]

30. Notice the bare, empty desktop.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. They forgot the black moustache /nt

[BigmanPigman]

32. I hope the next cover has him playing his fiddle like Nero.

[warmfeet]

33. I hope everyone here understands that

this is how the majority of the world currently see us.

They see we are in steep decline, perhaps going over the ultimate cliff - never to recover.

We may still have a chance. That chance starts on November 3rd. It's an end, but also a new beginning.

[Archetypist]

34. Not far left.

Far from it.

[olegramps]

39. When did telling the truth become a far left attribute? It appears their propaganda is working.

[Quemado]

40. Can someone Photoshop some horns on his head?

It would be like icing on a cake.