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You guys know that DW is basically German "propaganda" it is literally the German government's news outlet. And I don't mean in a public broadcasting kind of way.
Edit.: because this comment could be and has been seen as to placative and one-sided, pls. also take regard of my answer below.
Hey, can you provide a source for that? I just tried to find something on wikipedia about it. While the organizational form positions DW significantly nearer to the government than the rest of german public broadcasting, it is not like the government does the journalistic work or has a direct say in it. So while a critique on DW being too close to the federal government seems fitting, calling it propaganda and the literal governments news outlet seems far fetched.
I didn't mean to say it in a demeaning way. DW is certainly a better news outlet than many others, especially major US ones. And how much sway the government actually has is unclear to me as well. Nevertheless their conception from day one has been and still is to be a spokesman for the German state in its entirety.
Am 3. Mai 1953 geht die Deutsche Welle von Köln aus als Hörfunksender mit einer Radioansprache von Bundespräsident Theodor Heuss erstmals auf Sendung. Gegründet von der Bundesregierung, soll sie dem Ausland die junge Bundesrepublik vermitteln und die Wiederaufnahme Deutschlands in die internationale Staatengemeinschaft medial begleiten. Taken directly from their website.
Or for those not German speaking, paraphrasing loosely: Founded by the federal government their mission was to tell the world of the young federal Germany and to help reintegrate Germany into the international community of countries medially.
My goal was not to belittle their work - I really like their work from what I've seen so far. However I wanted to point out that the media outlet that was founded to paint Germany in a positive - though often critical- way, is now apparently more trustworthy than a majority of major (sort of independent) US news outlets and gets cited alongside the Guardian.
But because you're still correct on my style of writing to be quite a bit to placative, I will add a disclaimer to my initial comment.
Also, the journalists they employ are obviously beneficiaries of the freedom of press as well as of opinion, which drastically limits the influence of the government on their reporting.
Now legally speaking, they are an independent legal person of the public law. Meaning they have been granted a degree of freedom in the DWG (Deutsche Welle Law), § 68 DWG states that there is no legal way of taking influence on their journalistic work.
Now, any further legal dive would be too much to really follow, plus I am too lazy. They are however quite a unique legal product that is a beneficiary of the constitutional rights as well as having to follow them themselves