Blick criticizes commitment of SRF political journalist
The Sonntagsblick criticizes the participation of SRF Federal Parliament correspondent Hans Bärenbold in a public protest against the SVP’s mass immigration initiative. It argues that this violates the guidelines of the license-fee-funded broadcaster.
Organized by the Society for an Open Switzerland, politicians and a few dozen citizens gathered on Helvetiaplatz on Saturday, as reported by Sonntagsblick. Amid applause and hand-raising, the participants criticized the SVP initiative and then voted together by letter at the Molkenstrasse post office.
Among them was the well-known SRF parliamentary journalist Hans Bärenbold. The editor confirmed his rejection of the SVP initiative several times by raising his hands, according to Sonntagsblick. Bärenbold is partially retired, but still works 50 percent for TV, mainly for "Tagesschau" and "10 vor 10". Sonntagsblick believes that the public positioning violates the journalistic guidelines of the fee-financed broadcaster, which state: "SRF employees do not place themselves at the service of public campaigns with political objectives."
