> That along with the bombshell assertion without evidence that the inheritance tax is the greatest burdens companies face today removes any credibility from the rest of the article.

You disagree with one point [1] and question another, so for that reason you discount the entire article? If you can't align new information with your existing mental model, then the new information must be completely wrong?

This attitude has become so pervasive and so pernicious. Somehow even information has become partisan.

[1] BTW, do you have enough familiarity with Germany to make this comparison, or are you holding the author to a higher standard than yourself?