German Newspapers

The most surprising thing that I found out about German newspapers is that they are far more liberal then we are in the United States.  There is nudity, and swearing is not looked down upon.  According to one German professor "It is considered elegant for a German to say shit as many as three times in a sentance while reading the news."   I was also surprised to learn something about the USA while in Intro to German Culture, and that is that the United States invented the modern newspaper.  That is why German newspapers have an identical layout to an American newspaper.  Overall it seems to me that a German newspaper is nearly identical to an american newspaper.