Baz: Swiss Media Association criticizes "chaos"
The Swiss Media Association is getting involved in the debate about the Basler Zeitung (BaZ): The fact that the disagreement between publishers and newspaper readers leads to discussions and actions is sometimes part of the public sphere. However, the association has no sympathy for the chaos and the prevention of distribution.
The chaos, in which several thousand newspapers were burned to prevent distribution or the distribution organization was prevented from serving subscribers, cannot be accepted, the association said in a communiqué on Tuesday. The discussion about the direction of the BaZ must be held in the newspaper, among other places. If the readers of this newspaper could not follow the opposing points of view because of a few chaotic people, the cause would not be served. In addition, subscribers are entitled to the product and it is unacceptable for someone to prevent distribution at the expense of those entitled to it. The distribution and reading of the BaZ also had nothing to do with the controversy surrounding the individuals. The behavior of the chaotic individuals was much more detrimental to an objective discussion.
