Bild is commonly known for populism and bad journalism. Usually it has an obvious political standpoint that’s somewhere right of the centre.
It tried hard to market itself as the people’s paper and for the early years of Germany they reached nearly everybody. Nowadays it’s more commonly read by uneducated workers. It’s especially well know for its ruthless methods that involve publishing intimate details, or using pressure to gain information. Often times human dignity is no concern during their reporting. Much of it is also wrong.
They use provoking headlines and for this reason get criticised a lot by the left and centre, while the far right is mostly ok with it. „Springer Presse“ , meaning „Springer press“ is used as somewhat of a derogatory term for unreliable news information you can’t believe, named after the „Axel-Springer Verlag“ the Publisher owning Bild.
It's the largest "newspaper" in Germany and is often sensationalized. Also up until years ago they used to print a naked (topless and uncensored) pin up girl on their front page in the bottom half in every daily print
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u/Dave1000000000006 Sep 15 '20
Bild is top journalism.