Press Council: Complaint against Weltwoche dismissed
The Swiss Press Council has dismissed a complaint against *Die Weltwoche*. The complaint concerned an interview with anthropologist Gregory Cochran about the intelligence of Eastern and Central European Jews.
The Swiss Press Council has rejected a complaint against Weltwoche. According to SDA, it had to assess an interview with anthropologist Gregory Cochran about the intelligence of Eastern and Central European Jews. In the interview, Cochran had said that Jews had a higher intelligence quotient, but did not have a particularly strong spatial sense. The interview did not collectively disparage the Jews, writes the Press Council in its statement published on Tuesday. Nor did it encourage prejudice or factually unjustified generalizations.
The ban on discrimination should not be interpreted in terms of "political correctness". The media may also allow "politically incorrect" voices to have their say, the Press Council continued. In the interview in question, the readership was in a position to classify the interviewee and his statements.
However, the Press Council admits that a latent potential for discrimination cannot be overlooked. Under certain circumstances, the exclusion of a group could also result from a differentiation based on "positive" characteristics.
The ban on discrimination should not be interpreted in terms of "political correctness". The media may also allow "politically incorrect" voices to have their say, the Press Council continued. In the interview in question, the readership was in a position to classify the interviewee and his statements.
However, the Press Council admits that a latent potential for discrimination cannot be overlooked. Under certain circumstances, the exclusion of a group could also result from a differentiation based on "positive" characteristics.
