Petition to add Politico (and Axel Springer media in general) to the banned media list - tchncs

Politico is owned by the german Axel Springer SE, a publisher that also owns Bild, Fakt (polish) and Welt among others. The publisher and its news outlets (with the aforementioned Bild, Fakt and Welt most prominent) is a main driver for a news coverage and reporting that is jointly responsible for the rise of the far right in Germany and Europe. Politico itself has published so-called Native Ads, a form of advertisng that is designed like op-ed articles and other opinion pieces in a way that is hard to differeentiate from regular, non-sponsored content, mostly for fossile fuel companies but also healt insurance, finance and weapons industries. (Source 1 [https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-corruption-of-politico], Source 2 [https://theintercept.com/2023/12/05/fossil-fuel-industry-media-company-advertising/]). That sums up to a news outlet that should not be shared, not be trusted and hence, not be posted here. It was not an issue mostly since this outlet wasn’t posted here often , but recently, Politico articles are getting posted very frequently again, so I suggest the ban now. Edit: lost a word Edit 2: it should be noted that there is another publisher with a similar name (Springer Nature with several subsidiaries), but that company os not affiliated with Axel Springer SE and has different issues.