Thiel calls sections of the media a 'left-wing hate factory'

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2026-09-24

Berlin (dpa) - Right-wing German-US tech billionaire Peter Thiel sharply criticized sections of the media in a speech on Thusrday. At the Axel Springer Awards ceremony in Berlin, Thiel postulated that much of the media had "degenerated" into what he called "a sort of left-wing hate factory." He called the media landscape "very, very one-sided" and "nowhere near as free as we would like it to be". Thiel was presented with the Axel Springer award......

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