We are waiting in suspense for the moment when anyone a printed newspaper or its digital offshoot will be actively accused of supporting dictatorship or (optionally) anarchy. Because anyone who cuts costs here is knowingly sabotaging what the editorial describes quite dramatically as the "pivot point of public debate."
So that no one loses sleep, here is a singapore rcs data tranquilizer: there has never been as much public debate as there is today. Despite the Internet, which is destroying everything. Democracy is not in danger. The only people in danger are those who have told us for decades that they are the pillars of this democracy - and who have made a lot of money doing so. And who now have to watch in amazement that it works without them.
This makes Relotius the journalist who made the most impact in 2018. Only two people are happy about it: the "Bild" newspaper, which sent a reporter to the American wilderness, and President Trump, the master of fake news. His German ambassador demanded an independent investigation from the news magazine . A classic Relotius punch line.