Fabian Goldmann is a German journalist focusing on stereotypes and discriminatory reporting around migration, Islam, and the Middle East. He also runs the blog Schantall and Sharia. His book Staats(räson)funk: Deutsche Medien und der Genozid in Gaza will be published in December 2025.
German reporting on the Middle East has long been criticized as one-sided. Our exclusive analysis of 5,000 headlines from leading German media outlets since October 7 shows the bias is even worse than suspected.