Only the final was missing
Pierre C. Meier on the ritual media scolding at the Publishers' Congress.Stephan-Russ-Mohl, head of the European Journalist Observatory, warned of the dangers of a deterioration in quality due to further cuts in editorial budgets and pleaded for the promotion of independent and credible media journalism.
Pierre C. Meier on the ritual media scolding at the Publishers' Congress.Stephan-Russ-Mohl, head of the European Journalist Observatory, warned of the dangers of a deterioration in quality due to further cuts in editorial budgets and pleaded for the promotion of independent and credible media journalism.
Walter Bosch, former journalist and board member of Swiss, used market research to show that readers' trust in the print media is waning dramatically. According to Bosch, this development is due to thesis journalism, the hunt for primeurs, tendentious topic weighting, disrespect for the actors (sic!) and the paternalism of the reader. He called on the publishers present to focus more on content and less on marketing. The stage was thus set for the afternoon appearance by Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher and Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Publisher President Hanspeter Lebrument welcomed the two guest speakers as the "most multimedia politicians in the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland". Federal Councillor Blocher's statements on the Swiss media situation were, as usual, incisive and provocative. He criticized the underdeveloped freedom of the press, caused by the excessive interference of the state, the "disconcerting monotony"
of reporting and the suppression of taboo topics. He also called on the media to be more distrustful of information from the authorities.
This gave Chancellor Schröder an opportunity for dialectics: "What you are calling for is as if the Pope himself were calling for a second Reformation." So it started promisingly. But oh frustration: not a word about the controversial Caroline ruling by the European Court of Justice, which is being hotly debated in German media circles. Not a word about Schröder's refusal to give an interview. Nothing. Just the flippant remark: "I'll do the devil to talk about the role of the media and my role in it here in Switzerland." So much for hiding taboo subjects.
> Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
Walter Bosch, former journalist and board member of Swiss, used market research to show that readers' trust in the print media is waning dramatically. According to Bosch, this development is due to thesis journalism, the hunt for primeurs, tendentious topic weighting, disrespect for the actors (sic!) and the paternalism of the reader. He called on the publishers present to focus more on content and less on marketing. The stage was thus set for the afternoon appearance by Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher and Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Publisher President Hanspeter Lebrument welcomed the two guest speakers as the "most multimedia politicians in the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland". Federal Councillor Blocher's statements on the Swiss media situation were, as usual, incisive and provocative. He criticized the underdeveloped freedom of the press, caused by the excessive interference of the state, the "disconcerting monotony"
of reporting and the suppression of taboo topics. He also called on the media to be more distrustful of information from the authorities.
This gave Chancellor Schröder an opportunity for dialectics: "What you are calling for is as if the Pope himself were calling for a second Reformation." So it started promisingly. But oh frustration: not a word about the controversial Caroline ruling by the European Court of Justice, which is being hotly debated in German media circles. Not a word about Schröder's refusal to give an interview. Nothing. Just the flippant remark: "I'll do the devil to talk about the role of the media and my role in it here in Switzerland." So much for hiding taboo subjects.
> Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
