The Jewish state’s “right to exist” is now the paper’s No.2 core editorial policy, Owen Jones has reported, citing a source
The Daily Telegraph’s incoming owner, German-based media conglomerate Axel Springer, is demanding that its employees now stick to a pro-Israel stance, British journalist Owen Jones has reported, citing a letter circulated among staff.
Earlier this week, the UK government cleared Axel Springer’s £575 million ($778 million) takeover of The Telegraph – a right-leaning newspaper which is at times dubbed the ‘Torygraph’ for its support of the Conservative Party – with the deal expected to close by the end of June. Axel Springer already owns German newspapers Bild and Die Welt as well as Politico.
On Wednesday, Jones reported, citing a Telegraph insider, that CEO Mathias Dopfner had circulated a letter among employees laying out the company’s binding “Essentials.” The first point prioritizes “freedom, freedom of expression, the rule of law, and democracy,” while the second states that “we support the right of Israel to exist and oppose all forms of antisemitism.”
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