Last but not least: The impostors
Is it part of a good journalist’s job to expose personal self-aggrandizement, to significantly interfere in political election campaigns, and to exaggerate excessively?
Maurice Thieriet was found guilty of defamation at the expense of physics teacher Barbara Burtscher by the district court last fall (Advertisingweek.ch reported). Among other things, he called Burtscher an impostor. "The verdict raises questions," writes Peter Studer in an analysis at Tagesanzeiger.ch. Tamedia will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. And one can rightly ask: was this story actually a well-researched background report on the discrepancies in Burtscher's "saga", or did a journalist simply see an opportunity to land a good story? Basically, you could say that good research helps to bring clarity to a situation, and Thiriet has certainly achieved that. According to Studer, Maurice Thiriet has "at least punctured a balloon of self- and external elevation".
You'd like to ask him to take a closer look at the following story:
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