Congratulations SOTT.net!
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I agree, this is incredibly good news! 
Indeed, it's quite pathetic that they connect sott.net to two of the main categories in a jiffy that are defined as derogatory in official German culture - of course "conspiracy theory" and "right wing" in the sense of (neo-)nazism (or favoring Hitlerism in some way). And this is exactly the method, which puts lots of people off.
Regarding the connection to "rightist ideas", it didn't make any sense to me at first why sott.net is being considered as "rightist". Aiming's explanation answers my question, and I have an additional thought to add: (de.)sott.net criticizes the gender nonsense along with the touting of early and explicit sexual education which several German parties (like the Greens who had a pedophilia scandal in 2013 - link added below) want to start in kindergarten already (and if I remember correctly, have already pushed through in some German states). Thus it seems more comprehensible to me why (de.)sott.net is being connected to the same category like the AfD which presents itself as advocating more conservative values which those movements which consider themselves "leftists" are out and about to grind down.
The link about the sex / pedophilia scandal of the German Green Party: _https://newrepublic.com/article/120379/german-green-party-pedophilia-scandal
And what's also quite telling from the article:
The sentence in bold sounds to me like: "Help, some alternative news outlets (like sott.net) may outstrip us in the nearer future, so let's try to find some solace in the fact, that the MSM are still in charge. And if we just state this, that condition may remain so" (=> wishful thinking). Which, if I interpret this correctly, is an admittance of their unstability due to losing readers to alternative media because those media offer a version of reality which many readers feel more in sync with than with the many lies being touted by much of the MSM.
Like some others, I also noticed that Die Zeit has deleted many reader comments - even comments which have been posted as replies to those comments which were deleted in the first place. These kinds of measures doesn't left anyone wondering, why so many readers turn away from mainstream outlets like this one and results like this one turn up. So, indeed, they are shooting themselves in both knees even.
I had the same thought. And it's a big motivation boost for me to continue to contribute to SOTT, as well as I am able to.
Aiming said:
Indeed, it's quite pathetic that they connect sott.net to two of the main categories in a jiffy that are defined as derogatory in official German culture - of course "conspiracy theory" and "right wing" in the sense of (neo-)nazism (or favoring Hitlerism in some way). And this is exactly the method, which puts lots of people off.
Regarding the connection to "rightist ideas", it didn't make any sense to me at first why sott.net is being considered as "rightist". Aiming's explanation answers my question, and I have an additional thought to add: (de.)sott.net criticizes the gender nonsense along with the touting of early and explicit sexual education which several German parties (like the Greens who had a pedophilia scandal in 2013 - link added below) want to start in kindergarten already (and if I remember correctly, have already pushed through in some German states). Thus it seems more comprehensible to me why (de.)sott.net is being connected to the same category like the AfD which presents itself as advocating more conservative values which those movements which consider themselves "leftists" are out and about to grind down.
The link about the sex / pedophilia scandal of the German Green Party: _https://newrepublic.com/article/120379/german-green-party-pedophilia-scandal
And what's also quite telling from the article:
Die Zeit said:
The sentence in bold sounds to me like: "Help, some alternative news outlets (like sott.net) may outstrip us in the nearer future, so let's try to find some solace in the fact, that the MSM are still in charge. And if we just state this, that condition may remain so" (=> wishful thinking). Which, if I interpret this correctly, is an admittance of their unstability due to losing readers to alternative media because those media offer a version of reality which many readers feel more in sync with than with the many lies being touted by much of the MSM.
Like some others, I also noticed that Die Zeit has deleted many reader comments - even comments which have been posted as replies to those comments which were deleted in the first place. These kinds of measures doesn't left anyone wondering, why so many readers turn away from mainstream outlets like this one and results like this one turn up. So, indeed, they are shooting themselves in both knees even.
Dirgni said:
I had the same thought. And it's a big motivation boost for me to continue to contribute to SOTT, as well as I am able to.
Wow, that's really cool!!
What I find interesting about the article in Zeit (which btw is one of the worst transatlanticist, BS-leftie newspapers IMO) is their complete lack of logical reasoning, which was even pointed out in some of the comments that weren't deleted.
Their claim is that AfD (the right-wing populist party in Germany) is dominating the discussion about the Diesel scandal. Proof: some stuff about that topic originating from alternative media sources, including Sott, got some tracktion online. Because: these are either "Russian-sponsored" like RT or, like Sott, "discuss conspiracy theories" and "ventilate right-wing thoughts". As such, they are "popular among AfD supporters".
What the hell? That doesn't make ANY sense. It's interesting how ideological possession/believing lies apparently can really lead to intellectual degeneration. Or as Putin so aptly put it: "mush for brains".
What I find interesting about the article in Zeit (which btw is one of the worst transatlanticist, BS-leftie newspapers IMO) is their complete lack of logical reasoning, which was even pointed out in some of the comments that weren't deleted.
Their claim is that AfD (the right-wing populist party in Germany) is dominating the discussion about the Diesel scandal. Proof: some stuff about that topic originating from alternative media sources, including Sott, got some tracktion online. Because: these are either "Russian-sponsored" like RT or, like Sott, "discuss conspiracy theories" and "ventilate right-wing thoughts". As such, they are "popular among AfD supporters".
What the hell? That doesn't make ANY sense. It's interesting how ideological possession/believing lies apparently can really lead to intellectual degeneration. Or as Putin so aptly put it: "mush for brains".
Dirgni said:
French MSM mentioned fr.sott in 2012, 'debunking' our analyses of the 'Merah shootings'.
More recently, French MSM listed fr.sott as 'fake news'.
And US MSM did so last year too. Finnish MSM the year before that.
So MSM mentions of sott have been happening for a while now.
German SOTT published the full article from Zeit, I guess just in case it gets lost or changed:
https://de.sott.net/article/31051-Zeit-zahlt-Sott-net-zu-den-Meinungsmachern-Danke
And a Focus about it:
https://de.sott.net/article/31052-Lob-Zeit-sagt-Sott-net-zahlt-hinter-der-AfD-zu-den-groten-Meinungsmachern-Danke
where a reader says:
https://de.sott.net/article/31051-Zeit-zahlt-Sott-net-zu-den-Meinungsmachern-Danke
And a Focus about it:
https://de.sott.net/article/31052-Lob-Zeit-sagt-Sott-net-zahlt-hinter-der-AfD-zu-den-groten-Meinungsmachern-Danke
where a reader says:
That is fantastic news!! Keep up the great work. 
Bravo German team!! 
I'm looking forward to the translation of the full article. And thanks everyone who filled in the detail about the German media.
I'm looking forward to the translation of the full article. And thanks everyone who filled in the detail about the German media.
