Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff

[cbabe]

https://truthout.org/articles/politico-boss-reportedly-demands-allegiance-to-israel-from-editorial-staff/

Politico Boss Reportedly Demands Allegiance to Israel From Editorial Staff

The publication’s parent company, Axel Springer, considers Israel’s right to exist one of its “essential” values.

By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
Published April 29, 2026

The CEO for the parent company of Politico reportedly told editorial staff at the outlet this week that they should wholly embrace the company’s corporate “values,” which include support for Israel, or find work elsewhere, new reporting reveals.

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The meeting came after Politico staffers sent a letter on Friday to their new editor-in-chief and former Politico executive, Jonathan Greenberger, expressing concerns over Döpfner’s “repeated use of POLITICO to promote his political agenda.”

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When asked by a reporter how they, as journalists, could provide evidence of Iran being an “aggressor” seeking nuclear weapons, he said that they don’t have to prove things that are “so obvious, so proven for many times,” though even U.S. intelligence sources have found no evidence that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon.

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[Tim S]

1. If true, Whoa! But authenticating news stories isn't as easy as it used to be.

[cbabe]

2. Original report:

Jewish Insider

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/04/politicos-owner-axel-springer-doubles-down-on-corporate-principles/

[ck4829]

3. And yet no drive to push the US to adopt the Israeli healthcare system, why is that?

The last time Politico mentioned "Israeli health care" or "healthcare" was in... 2012.

https://www.politico.com/search?q=%22israeli+health+care%22

I don't want to hear what any media has to say about Israel unless they are also editorializing in favor of us adopting the Israeli healthcare system.

[displacedvermoter]

4. Politico has never been reliable, unbiased,

or even readable since it's inception. It is as bad, or worse, than Newsweek, Axios, or the AP. Incredibly good at "both siderism" and "Dems in disarray" journalism!

[Hey Joe]

5. Corporate values? Really?

We all know by now what corporations value.
And what they will do to keep increasing these “values”.
Lie, cheat, grift, steal, rinse and repeat……..
I have to laugh when these robber barons talk of things they care nothing about , and never practice.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Everybody abandons their profession in favor of choosing sides in everything.

Polarization.