Paul Brandenburg accused Julian Reichelt and Dieter Stein of primarily wanting to belong and subordinate themselves. Many had repressed in recent years that, in his view, the two had never represented anything else journalistically. Out of a desire for media with high reach, mainstream appeal, and criticism of power, they had ignored the direction of Nius and Junge Freiheit and believed Reichelt’s alleged shift from supporter of “repopulation” and vaccination to opposition, wrote Brandenburg. Reichelt and Stein had made it easy for their audience to deceive themselves. The fact that they now openly acted as mouthpieces for the regime, Brandenburg explained, was because the regime was fighting for its survival. He wished that the regime and the journalists he disdained would soon perish. To those disappointed, Brandenburg advised being skeptical of an allegedly free and critical medium with sudden mass reach. According to his claim, opposition media on YouTube or other corporate platforms had not had any relevant reach over a longer period; he rhetorically asked why the platforms should allow that. #Medienkritik #Selbstbetrug #Opposition (translated)
