SRG: Programming Commission criticizes regional journal coverage
The SRG Program Commission for Aargau and Solothurn has criticized the coverage by the DRS Regional Journal Aargau/Solothurn of the elections in the two cantons. The three-minute segments of the Regional Journal, which aired every half hour on March 8, were said to have «failed to satisfy» the public’s need for information.
The DRS regional journal Aargau/Solothurn's coverage of the elections in the two cantons has been criticized by the SRG idée Suisse Aargau Solothurn programme commission. According to SDA, Susanne Hasler, President of the Program Commission, wrote in the publication Link, the magazine of the Audience Council and the member societies, that the half-hourly three-minute insertions of the regional journal on 8 March were "not able to satisfy" the need for information. According to the program commission, this short broadcasting time was "nowhere near enough to provide comprehensive and differentiated" coverage of the government and cantonal council elections in the canton of Solothurn and the elections to the cantonal parliament in the canton of Aargau.
Because 8 March was not a federal election Sunday, Regionaljournal was not able to join the national program on DRS 1 at any time as usual. Regionaljournal Aargau/Solothurn was only given the opportunity to report on the current state of the elections for three minutes on the hour after the news and on the half hour.
Private radio stations were "one step ahead"
After 3 p.m., the private stations Radio Argovia (Aargau) and Radio 32
(Solothurn) were "one step ahead", the program committee notes. "They were able to provide more up-to-date and in-depth reporting." In contrast, the regional journal lacked interviews, statements from party representatives as well as classifications and interpretations by the editorial team. This shortcoming could not be compensated for with the reports posted on the Internet. However, according to the program commission, the editors of the regional journal did a "great job" on election Sunday. This was demonstrated by the summary at 5.30 pm and the special program at 6.30 pm.
Because 8 March was not a federal election Sunday, Regionaljournal was not able to join the national program on DRS 1 at any time as usual. Regionaljournal Aargau/Solothurn was only given the opportunity to report on the current state of the elections for three minutes on the hour after the news and on the half hour.
Private radio stations were "one step ahead"
After 3 p.m., the private stations Radio Argovia (Aargau) and Radio 32
(Solothurn) were "one step ahead", the program committee notes. "They were able to provide more up-to-date and in-depth reporting." In contrast, the regional journal lacked interviews, statements from party representatives as well as classifications and interpretations by the editorial team. This shortcoming could not be compensated for with the reports posted on the Internet. However, according to the program commission, the editors of the regional journal did a "great job" on election Sunday. This was demonstrated by the summary at 5.30 pm and the special program at 6.30 pm.
