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Welt reports Merz praised the Federal Government's progress in migration and condemned growing anti-Semitism, calling it the most perfidious form of xenophobia. Hola News reports Merz attacked anti-Semitism and xenophobia."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention the specific number of party members addressed by Merz. None of the centre-rated digests mention Merz condemning anti-Semitism or xenophobia. 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