[Bogie]

http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2016-01/us-medien-koeln-uebergriffe-silvesternacht-presseschau

[cartan]

Yes, this article has been widely cited in the German media. Note how in the last two paragraphs of this Zeit article, they tried to find and cite other articles that had something nice to say about Merkel. It is remarkable that leftwing rags like the Zeit are now Merkel’s greatest fans.