Press Council not responsible for expressing opinions on the Internet

In its statement published on Tuesday, the Press Council denied its jurisdiction in the matter of an opinion piece published on the Internet. The complaint was directed against an opinion piece that appeared as "media information" on a Swixchat.ch website. The Press Council justified its decision by stating that the publication in question was not independent reporting, but a clearly recognizable representation of an opinion. There could be no question of professional journalistic editing.