To call Axel Springer&#x27;s reputation bad would describe their reputation as far more positive than it is. There is a famous quote by Max Goldt that describes the stance especially from the political left on the newspaper quite well:<p>&gt; This newspaper [Bild a newspaper Axel Springer is publishing] is a vile institution. It&#x27;s wrong to read it. Someone who contributes to it is socially unacceptable. It would be wrong to be friendly or even polite to their editors. One has to be as unfriendly to them as is allowed by law. They&#x27;re bad humans, that do wrong things.<p>It doesn&#x27;t matter what they&#x27;re doing, it&#x27;s that Axel Springer is involved that&#x27;s the problem and in any discussion that involves enough Germans someone will point it out.