View in court in the evening
Revealing scenes unfolded yesterday at the district court in Zurich. It was about a front page of the current Blick am Abend.
Around a dozen curious people were waiting at the Bezirksgebäude streetcar stop directly in front of the district court in Zurich yesterday, leafing through Blick am Abend with interest. A sensational headline aroused excitement: "I resign...". The story was about the "vote catcher" Lumengo. "Tough for him", people thought. Because on page three of the same Blick am Abend, you could also read: "Lumengo is very affable". Furthermore, it was already printed in black and white on page two that the sensational headline on the front of Blick am Abend was not true at all. The qualification "... if I am convicted" was meekly added.
The people in front of the court therefore began to discuss ethics in journalism - and whether the journalists at Blick am Abend were perhaps desperately chasing prime time with such bluffs on the front page. One also wondered whether, in the newsroom that opened two days ago, a title with a question mark might no longer be taboo for real professionals. But in this current story, there wasn't even a question mark. The headline was clear! Not black on white, but yellow on blackberry to match the tabloid. And presented in this way, it doesn't have to mean the truth. The main thing is that the title entices people to read it. Just like the "Blick am Abend vor Gericht" (Blick in court in the evening) in this little media scolding.
Andreas Panzeri
The people in front of the court therefore began to discuss ethics in journalism - and whether the journalists at Blick am Abend were perhaps desperately chasing prime time with such bluffs on the front page. One also wondered whether, in the newsroom that opened two days ago, a title with a question mark might no longer be taboo for real professionals. But in this current story, there wasn't even a question mark. The headline was clear! Not black on white, but yellow on blackberry to match the tabloid. And presented in this way, it doesn't have to mean the truth. The main thing is that the title entices people to read it. Just like the "Blick am Abend vor Gericht" (Blick in court in the evening) in this little media scolding.
Andreas Panzeri
