Press Council partially approves complaint against Tagi

 The Swiss Press Council has partially upheld a complaint against the Tages-Anzeiger. In two articles about allegedly collapsing balconies in Wädenswil, Zurich, the newspaper breached its duty to consult and its duty to tell the truth. The duty to consult was breached because the newspaper published the serious allegations about construction defects without first consulting the company concerned. The Press Council stated in a press release that it had previously been assured that the managing director would be contacted after his return from vacation.
In terms of the duty to tell the truth, the Press Council criticized the title of an article. "Further balconies in Wädenswil in danger of collapsing must be renovated" was exaggerated and factually incorrect. The articles in question appeared in March 2007 in the regional edition for the left bank of Lake Zurich and in the main edition.