Editor-in-Chief of Germany’s Top Newspaper Apologizes For Fear Driven COVID Media Coverage

The editor-in-chief of Germany’s top newspaper Bild has apologized for the news outlet’s fear-driven media coverage of COVID, specifically to children who were told “that they were going to murder their grandma.”

In a speech delivered to camera, Julian Reichelt said sorry for Bild’s coverage which was “like poison” and “made you feel like you were a mortal danger to society.”

Reichelt directed his main sentiment towards children who have been terrorized by fearmongering media coverage...

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