Axel Springer, the German company that owns Politico and Business Insider, has awarded its top prize to … Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel.

The Axel Springer Award—previously bestowed on Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman—will go to the Palantir billionaire at a ceremony in Berlin on September 24. CBS News boss Bari Weiss will deliver laudatory remarks.

CEO Mathias Döpfner extolled Thiel’s “courage and non-conformity,” and the press release states that Thiel has “shaped the public debate on innovation, freedom, and the future of Western societies.”

But Thiel is literally the guy who said: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” He also famously hates journalism.

The announcement left out another important fact: Thiel reportedly made a $50 million investment in a new venture capital fund started by the son of Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer’s co-owner and CEO. The son, Moritz, is known as—get this—the “German JD Vance.” Moritz previously worked as chief of staff at Thiel Capital.

This is a glaring and unethical omission. How did no one at a newspaper company think to mention this obvious conflict? (Critics also noted that Axel Springer used a flattering, decades-old photo of Thiel that makes the mortality-phobic billionaire look fresh and young.)

Last year, I wrote about Politico’s $50 million Thiel problem. Perhaps it explains why that outlet has been so oblivious—or nonchalant—about tech fascism. Politico’s coverage of Thiel and his gang, who are a major force inside the Trump administration, has been woefully inadequate. The radical politics of Silicon Valley are lightly mentioned, a background noise, even as their most bizarre ideas are put into practice.