Why more Germans can't afford life on their wages – DW – 06/27/2025
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German politicians are fond of saying, "Work must be worth it." But ever more full-time workers need state benefits, and the new minimum wage hike is seen as disappointing.

German politicians are fond of saying, “Work must be worth it.” But ever more people who work full-time need state benefits. And the new minimum wage hike is seen as disappointing.

  • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    DW is not mainstream media owned by oligarchs, it’s funded by taxes.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      DW is run by the federal government to further the image of Germany abroad. It is the equivalent in organization to Russia Today, Radio Free Europe and other government run foreign media outlets.

      DW wants to promote an image of an open and discussive Germany, so they pick up on some issues as a reaction to the German issues already having become known, but they will not be proactive about it, e.g. run investigative Journalism.

      Especially in regards to Palestine there have been huge turmoil as the DW arabic staff got very upset with the narratives they were told to push and now DW is backtracking a bit to not loose too much face with arabic speakers.

      • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        DW is run by the federal government to further the image of Germany abroad. It is the equivalent in organization to Russia Today, Radio Free Europe and other government run foreign media outlets.

        Russia Today is a pure propaganda machine that was proven to present false information as facts multiple times. I’m not aware of DW being accused of that outside of Russia.

        I don’t really care about DW, but the previous poster implied it’s oligarch-run mainstream media. It’s not.