In contrast to the drama from the moderator's desk (Bigna Silberschmidt), the SRF correspondents Düggeli and von Grünigen tried to play it down: the mood in the country was peaceful, even "civilized" - which would have been the real, surprising news after our media had prepared us for days for "civil war-like conditions" and the china rcs data like. the HSG also pointed in vain to centuries-old fault lines in the history of the United States, which were always combined in a battle between two parties and candidates in presidential elections - a waste of time! Escalation was needed, not de-escalation. Conflict with the potential for violence, not the image of a surprisingly mature democracy. That would not have fit in with the demonization of Donald Trump, which had been practiced successfully for four years.
Good news is no news – the old American journalist rule certainly has its function. But it loses its meaning when editors talk or write bad news long in advance. And then have to try to blow the whistle on a nonexistent fire from afar. The only thing left for the correspondents on the ground to do is report on the lack of a scandal.