What crazy times are these?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:32 am
There is real disruptiontion, to use that overused buzzword.
The venerable SRG is crumbling, the even more venerable Swiss news agency is on strike and there is an ice age between the major publishers Ringier and Tamedia, which reduces every global warming debate to absurdity. Ringier chief columnist Frank A. Meyer accused Tamedia publisher Pietro Supino in the best “Albisgüetli”rhetoric" and with vietnam rcs data the power of words, he accuses him of treason in the media and declares him a war profiteer if the SRG really does go under, contrary to expectations. Pointed words, paradoxically spoken in Meyer's exile in Berlin, which forced the man who was shot – of course – to deny it.Tamedia, Supino announced last week at the “Tages-Anzeiger” meeting in Zurich’s Schiffbau, is fully behind the SRG. What, honestlysaid, no one is surprised.
There is a lot of talk these days about the media – and its future: about public service, planB and PlanR. A crazy idea – abolishing the Billag fees – becomes a collective bar-room whine. Even #MeToo has no chance against that. Until recently, the SRG was the binding element of Switzerland, but today it is the discussion about itsFuture. But until the 4thMarch - the day of the No-Billag vote - there is no calm in sight. When even the trade association director mutates into a media politician, the situation is serious. And also a bit grotesque. The conclusion: disruption is good. But - as the current discussion proves - it is best kept in textbooks.
The only thing that was reliable these days was the biggest disruptor of all: Donald Trump. The American president kept his word and came to Davos. Despite a budget slump and a marital crisis.
The venerable SRG is crumbling, the even more venerable Swiss news agency is on strike and there is an ice age between the major publishers Ringier and Tamedia, which reduces every global warming debate to absurdity. Ringier chief columnist Frank A. Meyer accused Tamedia publisher Pietro Supino in the best “Albisgüetli”rhetoric" and with vietnam rcs data the power of words, he accuses him of treason in the media and declares him a war profiteer if the SRG really does go under, contrary to expectations. Pointed words, paradoxically spoken in Meyer's exile in Berlin, which forced the man who was shot – of course – to deny it.Tamedia, Supino announced last week at the “Tages-Anzeiger” meeting in Zurich’s Schiffbau, is fully behind the SRG. What, honestlysaid, no one is surprised.
There is a lot of talk these days about the media – and its future: about public service, planB and PlanR. A crazy idea – abolishing the Billag fees – becomes a collective bar-room whine. Even #MeToo has no chance against that. Until recently, the SRG was the binding element of Switzerland, but today it is the discussion about itsFuture. But until the 4thMarch - the day of the No-Billag vote - there is no calm in sight. When even the trade association director mutates into a media politician, the situation is serious. And also a bit grotesque. The conclusion: disruption is good. But - as the current discussion proves - it is best kept in textbooks.
The only thing that was reliable these days was the biggest disruptor of all: Donald Trump. The American president kept his word and came to Davos. Despite a budget slump and a marital crisis.