Tagesspiegel Checkpoint: 'Enough — Stop the Berlin-Bashing!'

The Tagesspiegel's Checkpoint morning newsletter, authored by Lorenz Maroldt, Christoph Papenhausen, and Valentin Petri, published a spirited counter-offensive on 30 October 2026 against an ongoing wave of what it called unfair Berlin-bashing from other German cities. Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, and various smaller places were among the sources of recent critical commentary the authors cited. Declaring "Jetzt reichts!" — roughly, "That's enough now!" — under the headline "Schluss mit dem Berlin-Bashing!", the newsletter promised to document specific attacks on the capital and mount retorts. The piece blended satire with civic pride, adopting the persona of an indignant Berliner who has heard quite enough from the provinces. Published at 06:10 a.m., it set a defiant tone, pushing back against what the authors described as a stream of malicious commentary that had been poured over the German capital in recent days and weeks.