To the point: Let's go
What was to be expected has come to pass. After the convergence project of SRG SSR idée suisse led to frustration thanks to unfortunate, if not to say bungling, communication and, as a consequence, to personnel changes at Swiss Television and Swiss Radio, the wrangling is now beginning.
What was to be expected has come to pass. After the convergence project of SRG SSR idée suisse led to frustration thanks to unfortunate, if not to say bungling, communication and, as a consequence, to personnel changes at Swiss Television and Swiss Radio, the wrangling is now beginning.
Similar to the situation with a national soccer team, where the whole nation knows better than the coach anyway, it is the same with the appointment of the head of Swiss television. Experts have their say in all the newspapers. Columns and commentaries get down to business.
In the SonntagsZeitung, Roger "I-invented" Schawinski draws on the past to take a swipe at his arch-enemy Armin Walpen: "Back then - in a SonntagsZeitung column, by the way - I brought the name Peter Schellenberg into the conversation. This became part of a heated public debate. Before the official showcase at the SRG bodies, the seven (!) candidates faced the assembled TV staff in a hearing lasting several hours." In the same SonntagsZeitung, Markus Gisler doubles down. He wants to turn SRG into a stock corporation (perhaps not such a stupid idea!) and says: "The general director rules like a king. Walpen is sitting on his job because the CVP has bargained him into it. Management skills are not in demand."
NZZ and Weltwoche ran almost identical headlines last week: "Chaos management at SRG" was the headline on Falkenstrasse, "Lexicon in chaos management" on Förrlibuckstrasse. Media expert Kurt Zimmermann plays on the man and dismantles the unloved Walliser for an entire column: "Armin Walpen is great when it comes to politics. He's ineffectual when it comes to business management." Rainer Stadler analyzes the game in his usual diplomatic manner. More in the direction of foul play, however, are the reactions of the politicians to the interim proposal of Ueli Haldimann, which could also be read in the NZZ: "Personnel snapshots are always bad, even if they are interim solutions," says FDP president Pelli in a woolly way. Darbellay of the CVP explains that his party has recently had various disputes with the SF editor-in-chief "coming from the left". For SVP President Toni Brunner, Haldimann is persona non grata. In an urgent question, Brunner, a member of the National Council and an amateur baker, recalled that Haldimann had been convicted in court for his journalistic activities.
We are curious about the further course of the game.
Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
[email protected]
Similar to the situation with a national soccer team, where the whole nation knows better than the coach anyway, it is the same with the appointment of the head of Swiss television. Experts have their say in all the newspapers. Columns and commentaries get down to business.
In the SonntagsZeitung, Roger "I-invented" Schawinski draws on the past to take a swipe at his arch-enemy Armin Walpen: "Back then - in a SonntagsZeitung column, by the way - I brought the name Peter Schellenberg into the conversation. This became part of a heated public debate. Before the official showcase at the SRG bodies, the seven (!) candidates faced the assembled TV staff in a hearing lasting several hours." In the same SonntagsZeitung, Markus Gisler doubles down. He wants to turn SRG into a stock corporation (perhaps not such a stupid idea!) and says: "The general director rules like a king. Walpen is sitting on his job because the CVP has bargained him into it. Management skills are not in demand."
NZZ and Weltwoche ran almost identical headlines last week: "Chaos management at SRG" was the headline on Falkenstrasse, "Lexicon in chaos management" on Förrlibuckstrasse. Media expert Kurt Zimmermann plays on the man and dismantles the unloved Walliser for an entire column: "Armin Walpen is great when it comes to politics. He's ineffectual when it comes to business management." Rainer Stadler analyzes the game in his usual diplomatic manner. More in the direction of foul play, however, are the reactions of the politicians to the interim proposal of Ueli Haldimann, which could also be read in the NZZ: "Personnel snapshots are always bad, even if they are interim solutions," says FDP president Pelli in a woolly way. Darbellay of the CVP explains that his party has recently had various disputes with the SF editor-in-chief "coming from the left". For SVP President Toni Brunner, Haldimann is persona non grata. In an urgent question, Brunner, a member of the National Council and an amateur baker, recalled that Haldimann had been convicted in court for his journalistic activities.
We are curious about the further course of the game.
Pierre C. Meier, Editor-in-Chief
[email protected]
