Press Council: Complaint against health tip partially approved

 The Swiss Press Council has partially upheld a complaint against the magazine Gesundheitstipp. It came to the conclusion that a quote in an article about back problems had been shortened and embedded in an inadmissible manner, as reported by SDA. In its statement published on Tuesday, the Press Council wrote that the article "A therapy causes a stir" in Gesundheitstipp had violated the declaration of duties and rights of journalists. the article was about a treatment method called Atlaslogy. The complaint was filed by the Swiss Association for Atlaslogy.
By shortening and embedding the quote from a doctor, the impression was created that he was critical or even negative about atlas logy, writes the Press Council. However, the doctor had in fact made positive comments.
On other points, the Press Council backed the health tip. It was within its editorial discretion to compare back therapies. The Association for Atlaslogy had to accept it if the therapy it represented was judged critically or negatively.