Merkel has the authority to ban reporting? Link please.
Mainstream media in Germany are not merely willing executioners of Merkel's open border policy, they are ideological players committed to breaking any opposition to the plan.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6501/migration-crisis-germany
Angela Merkel caught on hot mic griping to Facebook CEO over anti-immigrant posts
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/27/angela-merkel-caught-on-hot-mic-pressing-facebook-ceo-over-anti-immigrant-posts.html
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