If you have paid attention in the past month.....there's a fair amount of criticism mounting over public TV in Germany.
This morning, out of Focus....a commentary from Hugo Muller-Vogg came up, and I'd strongly recommend a reading of his words. His chief point? Both ARD and ZDF....are mouthpieces for the Greens and liberal left-of-center, but we should not dump them entirely.
His best quote: "The top priority is apparently 'political correctness first, news second'."
He does point out and I tend to agree with that point....where you have a news segment or public forum....the moderator is normally 'left-of-center'. After you've watched forty-odd shows....you tend to just grin as the 'lecture' comes across to the audience.
So what Muller-Vogg suggests....don't dump them or have a massive layoff situation....just make them do what commercial TV doesn't do....you know....that classical music stuff, poetry, great literature, theater-opera, etc. Yeah....lessen all these krimi-shows, Bavarian comedy movies, and do less entertainment.
Here's the thing, for over 40 years, the public has continually hyped reform of public TV. The monthly media tax? It shouldn't be 18 Euro. The need for forty-odd national radio stations? Why? And why spend massive sums by public TV for the soccer league games?
There's something which needs to be done, but it's questionable if the current crew of managements sees the writing on the wall to bring change.
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