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Or, as we call it when it's a non-white country: "State propaganda outlet"
Funny that you tie that to the skin color of the people. Most people including me make the distinction based on the following criteria:
In the case of Germany, all of these are not true. In the case of authoritarian regimes, they are. That is the key difference.
So, a bunch of vague, unquantifiable, vibes based criteria, that, in practice, always end up meaning:
Germany just lies about its media
The government obviously has some influence, that is undeniable. But it's limited and saying that they don't criticize the government is just wrong. You can watch many channels on YouTube. You can look at it yourself. They do that and it is undeniable too. Also, the government is prohibited by law to decide the founding. They have minimal influence on the total budget, but they can't decide who gets how much.
How limited? As limited as they themselves claim?
Who do you think funds the high-budget Kurzgesagt and PragerU videos? Who do you think controls YouTube’s recommendation algorithms, search algorithms, and censorship?
Please look into cultivating real media literacy, not the dumbed-down version they teach in high school.
I'm not talking about the YouTube algorithm, I know that there are many problems with that. I just wanted to make the point that anyone can watch a show like Extra 3 or the Heute Show and see that they, in fact, do criticize the government a lot. May right-wingers say that they are leftist propaganda and apparently leftists thing they are conservative propaganda, which I find quite interesting. And I obviously also don't like all the shows either. There is a reason why I stopped watching Kurtzgesagt years ago.