They already receive tax payer money via state institutions (promotion for ''democracy'') and  hundreds of millions of unhidden direct transfers. And the state collects a kind of a tax for tje two largest TV propaganda channels even if You don't have a TV. Germany is a mess.

Any chance they get bailed out by the politicians, in order to maintain the propaganda machine?

Yes, but the sector en gros is losing ad revenues and abos like never before. It's a good thing. People finally are waking up.

TomK

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Media: This Is How The Weak Woke Media Is Dying In Germany

it's always been a screamy, big-letter front page yellow press rag that channeled any panic of the day. Today, it's Ukraine's biggest cheerleader. 
I mean, in the end any shift between one corporate mainstream outlet to another corporate mainstream outlet is just the question of which bank window will rob you.