Unauthorized propaganda: Bakom investigates Ulrich Schlüer
Zurich SVP National Councillor Ulrich Schlüer has been on air since the end of August. He presents his talk show "Schweizerzeit-Magazin" on the cable channel Schweiz 5. Now the show is being targeted by OFCOM.
The politician prefers to invite guests from his own political camp to the television studio in Schlieren ZH to discuss suggestively worded topics such as "Do EU opponents have no access to the Federal Council?" or "Criminal foreigners: Deport them at last!". As the Sonntagsblick knows, OFCOM is investigating whether Schlüer's show violates the ban on political advertising on television.
Bakom has reviewed the Schweizerzeit magazine programs broadcast to date and requested documents and contracts from Schweiz 5, Bakom media lawyer Samuel Mumenthaler confirmed to Sonntagsblick. The Federal Office is currently clarifying the financial circumstances surrounding the program. "If these lead to the assumption that there is a possible case of unauthorized advertising, this would have to be clarified in supervisory proceedings," says Mumenthaler.
Schlüer rejects the accusation of political propaganda: he is not interested in advertising, but in shedding light on a topic, he is quoted as saying in the Sonntagspublikation. "If people take offense at my programme, it's tantamount to censorship."
Bakom has reviewed the Schweizerzeit magazine programs broadcast to date and requested documents and contracts from Schweiz 5, Bakom media lawyer Samuel Mumenthaler confirmed to Sonntagsblick. The Federal Office is currently clarifying the financial circumstances surrounding the program. "If these lead to the assumption that there is a possible case of unauthorized advertising, this would have to be clarified in supervisory proceedings," says Mumenthaler.
Schlüer rejects the accusation of political propaganda: he is not interested in advertising, but in shedding light on a topic, he is quoted as saying in the Sonntagspublikation. "If people take offense at my programme, it's tantamount to censorship."
