Blick rejects the trade union federation's advertisement

 As reported by the Sonntag newspaper, Blick has allegedly rejected an advertisement from the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions that had already been booked and confirmed. In the advertisement, originally intended for publication on February 1, the SGB shows how Media-Markt, whose slogan ("I'm not stupid") is used, benefits twice from the Corporate Tax Reform II in view of the vote on the corporate tax reform: Firstly via the managing directors, who all hold at least a ten percent stake in their stores, and secondly via multi-billionaire Otto Beisheim, who lives in Baar. He owns significant shares in the Düsseldorf-based company Metro, which also owns Media-Markt. Now SBG campaign manager Pietro Cavadini is talking about a "media scandal". It has come to light that Blick has "noticeably changed its political course" in recent weeks with regard to Corporate Tax Reform II. "That is part of press freedom", Cavadini told Sonntag. "But if the purchased space for opponents is also restricted, this is a delicate process in terms of democracy and media policy." According to Cavadini, Blick is afraid of losing Media Markt as an advertising customer. However, Blick editor-in-chief Bernhard Weissberg described this as "completely absurd". "There is no right to publish advertisements that get the publisher into legal difficulties." The newspaper's legal advisor had advised against publication, "as it could violate personal rights", Weissberg also told Sonntag. Media Markt had no knowledge of the incident.