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The FPÖ is angry. “ATV breaks all the rules of the objectivity requirement in its broadcast of electoral duel,” explains Vienna FPÖ state party secretary Michael Stumpf in a broadcast on Tuesday.
On Sunday at 8:15 pm, the private broadcaster is asking the top six party candidates or lists for the Vienna state elections on October 11 to face duels during a walk at the Vienna landmark, the ferris wheel. Who should be on the road with whom during the 15-minute round is determined by the broadcaster itself. Planning: Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) meets challenger, ÖVP finance minister and top candidate Gernot Blümel, Deputy Mayor Birgit Hebein (Greens) meets Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) and non-executive councilor Dominik Nepp (FPÖ) should with his former president. Heinz-Christian Strache (Team HC) argue – a particularly explosive duel.
The FPÖ doesn’t like that. It is “unacceptable that the FPÖ, as the second strongest party, should only argue with the splinter group THC, which will not even move to the municipal council. We are not available for this disregard of the balance of power and therefore we will not participate,” he said Stumpf. . In ORF and Puls 4, however, everyone can play.
Journalistic criteria
ATV regrets the FPÖ’s decision in a statement. “The selection of the three ATV duels is based on an editorial decision that was made solely on the basis of journalistic criteria. The fact that not everyone can argue against or with everyone is also a matter of time. “The duration of the individual duels is given by a round on the Ferris wheel, which corresponds to about 15 minutes. If all the duel variants were broadcast, the total transmission time would be just under 6.5 hours, of course, without analysis or commercial breaks, “says ATV. The private broadcaster does not want viewers to do this.
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By the way, Sylvia Saringer will lead the duels next Sunday. Jenny Laimer reports directly from the Prater.
Subsequently, the duels at Meinrad Knapp will be discussed in “ATV aktuell: Der Talk” by a professional political group with, among others, KURIER’s head of internal policy, Daniela Kittner.
Knapp’s proven trio, pollster Peter Hajek and political adviser Thomas Hofer offer the analysis in “ATV Aktuell: Die Woche” (22:20).
