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Dominic Deville (45) broadcast on the corporate responsibility initiative caused a sensation. Seven days before the vote, the SRF satirist is said to have not only joked, but mostly campaigned on behalf of supporters, according to critics.
Therefore, the SRF Ombudsman received eleven complaints. And they were worth it. Because the criticisms of the Ombudsman Esther Girsberger and the Ombudsman Kurt Schöbi were right.
The editorial team of “Deville” quoted Roger Blum
The “Deville” editorial team defended itself, stating that the show was clearly labeled satire. Furthermore, the employees rely on a judgment by former ombudsman Roger Blum, who spoke out on a Deville program in 2019: “1. Voting problems often dominate current internal affairs; Satirists cannot ignore them. 2. A satirist cannot express himself neutrally on a voting issue, satirical pieces are comments. 3. A satirist can only in the rarest cases distribute his blows simultaneously and evenly on both sides; generally one field is more mocked than the other. ”
The new ombudsman also cites Blum’s judgment: “Under strict voting reporting rules, submitting satire would ultimately amount to banning satire on voting issues.” The ombudsman could “learn something” from this argument. In this case, however, it is too strict.
“We consider the principle of equity violated”
Because much of the “Deville” show could not be recognized as satire and was “informative.” Also, the broadcast, seven days before the date, was too close to voting day: “Deville was the last detailed contribution to the corporate responsibility initiative. The last impression is known to be defining. “The fact that” 10vor10 “referred to” Deville “on November 20 was also a false step. complaint, “write Girsberger and Schöbi.
One of the objectors was the young FDP politician Leroy Bächtold. Regarding “20 minutes”, Bächtold says that he now wants to file a complaint with the next higher body, the Federal Independent Complaints Authority (UBI). It has already collected the 20 citizen signatures necessary for this. (klm)
