The Washington Free Beacon’s year-end “Man of the Year” item, posted December 28, 2022 (page dateline January 1, 2023), named Mathias Döpfner. The staff column recapped the Politico purchase, the reported 2020 executive email as the Post had described it, the Israel-flag staff episode, and Axel Springer’s written values (united Europe, Israeli statehood, free-market economy). It is punchy house commentary. It is not a primary document and not a finding that he is “far-right” or a “Trumpist.”
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