Impressum sharply criticizes the SRG merger project
The journalists' organization Impressum is launching a direct attack on the SRG over its planned media convergence project. The organization argues that the project jeopardizes the quality of information, and that journalists are once again the ones paying the price. It maintains that the primary goal of a company financed by license fees should not be profitability, but rather the quality of public service.
In a letter dated Thursday evening, the journalists' organization Impressum strongly criticized the SRG's planned merger of radio and television. Impressum was dismayed to learn of the merger project between radio and television. "The planned convergence jeopardizes the quality of information, and Impressum notes that journalists are once again paying the price." The project jeopardizes freedom of expression, which is an essential pillar of Swiss democracy.
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Impressum is surprised that such rationalization measures are being announced by a company financed by concession money. "The primary objective of such a company is not profitability, but the quality of the public service." On the basis of the information communicated by SRG on Thursday, Impressum doubts the sense of the project, which will have a negative impact on the quality of the media and information, restrict plurality of opinion and be carried out on the backs of media professionals.
The organization will follow the dossier closely, the letter concludes. "The association expects additional information about the project. Impressum would also like a discussion with the management of SRG SSR Idée Suisse."
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Impressum is surprised that such rationalization measures are being announced by a company financed by concession money. "The primary objective of such a company is not profitability, but the quality of the public service." On the basis of the information communicated by SRG on Thursday, Impressum doubts the sense of the project, which will have a negative impact on the quality of the media and information, restrict plurality of opinion and be carried out on the backs of media professionals.
The organization will follow the dossier closely, the letter concludes. "The association expects additional information about the project. Impressum would also like a discussion with the management of SRG SSR Idée Suisse."
