Indeed even the serious German media does allow itself some aggressiveness, and not just a little abrasiveness in tone. [In my opinion, it originated not in tabloid journalism but in SPIEGEL founder Rudolf Augstein's scathing style which was first emulated by his own journalists then others.] However, even by German media standards, on these subjects, you have to consider the two interviews a sea change: the German MSM, too, was mostly a guardian of established truths in recent years, more willing to use the sharp tone when someone veered off.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}