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- Free State of Bavaria
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- Zittau
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- ErAn, Franken, ArEn
There are several news outlets in the Kingdom of Franken:
- Fränkischer Rundfunk: The national public broadcasting corporation. It operates one tv station, several national stations as well as a range of regional stations. Legally it is obliged to report on affairs in a neutral fashion. However, having a supervisory board staffed by politicians delegated by their parties according to their influence in parliament makes living up to the ideal of neutrality not too easy.
- Fränkische Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ): It’s one of Franken two major national newspapers, which is political conservative, economically ordoliberal, but curiously maintains a culture, literary and arts section where more liberal spirits may contribute. Its parent company is structured as an endowment set up by their original pair of founders, thus the FAZ owns itself.
- Würzburger Volkszeitung (WVZ): It’s the national competitor of the FAZ. Other than its rival it’s politically centre-left with a rich and proud social-democratic history. Occasionally its culture, literary and arts section will include articles by intellectuals far more left-leaning than the mainstream of the Franconian SDP. Indeed, the WVZ is the gem in SDP’s media holding, generating most publicity and income than any other of its regional sister papers.