A German magazine has sparked international debate with the release of a particularly controversial cover.
Der Spiegel, a German weekly news magazine, tweeted an image of their cover on Saturday, which depicts President Donald Trump brandishing a knife and the bloodied head of the Statue of Liberty, alongside the text ‘America First.’
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— SPIEGEL Medien (@SPIEGEL_Medien) February 4, 2017
In Germany alone, the media is divided as to whether the cover went too far, with one headline reading, “This Spiegel cover devalues journalism.”
Some believe the cover was purely run for shock-value and to attract attention to the magazine, while the German vice-president of the European Parliament described the image as “tasteless.”