In 1940 she briefly worked for the Nazi newspaper "Das Reich". On 8 June 1941 "Das Reich" published Noelle-Neumann's article entitled "Who Informs America?" in which she propagated the idea that a Jewish syndicate ran the American media. She wrote, "Jews write in the paper, own them, have virtually monopolized the advertising agencies and can therefore open and shut the gates of advertising income as they wish." She was fired when she exchanged unfavourable photos of Franklin D. Roosevelt for better looking ones. She then worked for the "Frankfurter Zeitung" until it was banned in 1943.