The fact that the referendum
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:53 am
Through actions. Over and over again.
To be honest, it was not at all foreseeable a year ago that there would be a referendum on the media package. committee around Rapperswil publisher Bruno Hug, former National Councilor Peter Weigelt and former Weltwoche deputy Philipp Gut managed to collect well over twice the required signatures within the required time limit should have given the supporters something to think about. Firstly, because media policy is generally not of great interest to the broader laos rcs data sections of the population, and secondly, because the resistance to the media package was ignored or at least neglected for a long time by the country's important publications, i.e. the main beneficiaries of the entire proposal. Certainly, the dissatisfaction with the Corona reporting and the kind, logistical assistance of the "Friends of the Constitution" contributed to the fact that a vote was held today at all.
However, the result of the vote is not a declaration of war on journalism, as tagesanzeiger.ch writes, but rather an indication of a nationwide reluctance to accept non-transparent and constantly excessive media funding. In addition, looking back, the law was really overloaded, as had been criticized several times beforehand. On this point, the media minister must have suffered at least a slight déjà vu trauma on Sunday and thought back with horror to the lost CO2 vote exactly eight months ago. We can learn from this: squaring the circle is not practical in most cases. On the other hand, after the vote defeat, the question arises as to whether a postal rate increase - as the post office is currently implementing - is even necessary. Perhaps the realization that a state-owned company does not necessarily have to meet commercial goals would be the key to a new form of media funding that the legislature and Bakom could start with.
To be honest, it was not at all foreseeable a year ago that there would be a referendum on the media package. committee around Rapperswil publisher Bruno Hug, former National Councilor Peter Weigelt and former Weltwoche deputy Philipp Gut managed to collect well over twice the required signatures within the required time limit should have given the supporters something to think about. Firstly, because media policy is generally not of great interest to the broader laos rcs data sections of the population, and secondly, because the resistance to the media package was ignored or at least neglected for a long time by the country's important publications, i.e. the main beneficiaries of the entire proposal. Certainly, the dissatisfaction with the Corona reporting and the kind, logistical assistance of the "Friends of the Constitution" contributed to the fact that a vote was held today at all.
However, the result of the vote is not a declaration of war on journalism, as tagesanzeiger.ch writes, but rather an indication of a nationwide reluctance to accept non-transparent and constantly excessive media funding. In addition, looking back, the law was really overloaded, as had been criticized several times beforehand. On this point, the media minister must have suffered at least a slight déjà vu trauma on Sunday and thought back with horror to the lost CO2 vote exactly eight months ago. We can learn from this: squaring the circle is not practical in most cases. On the other hand, after the vote defeat, the question arises as to whether a postal rate increase - as the post office is currently implementing - is even necessary. Perhaps the realization that a state-owned company does not necessarily have to meet commercial goals would be the key to a new form of media funding that the legislature and Bakom could start with.