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    Wichtig: Wenn Sie nicht das aufbauen wollen, was die USA derzeit sind, stimmen Sie hier mit Nein. Die Schwächung neutraler Medien ist eines der schlimmsten Dinge, die man für die Demokratie tun kann


    Wichtig: Wenn Sie nicht das aufbauen wollen, was die USA derzeit sind, stimmen Sie hier mit Nein. Die Schwächung neutraler Medien ist eines der schlimmsten Dinge, die man für die Demokratie tun kann

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    2. Sufficient-History71 on

      Yes, we need more SRG funding not less.

      We can talk about the funding mechanism (progressive taxes) but SRG needs to sustain itself.

      Also tbh 335 is not a lot when compared to increasing rents and medical insurance costs!

    3. Heyokalol on

      You bet I’m going to vote yes on that one. Less funding for the SRG, and I get to keep more of my hard earned money? Damn boy, give me more of that.

    4. BigMechanicBoi on

      Ich find d Grundidee vode SRG guet, aber s Geld wird usem Fenster usegschosse und teils würki de grösst Brunz publiziert, so züg wie Watson und Schrottheftli wie de Blick z finanziere findi danebe. Ich wür dete apacke

    7. poemthatdoesntrhyme on

      It’s a result of the polls in Tamedia. Can it be that it’s not fully representative? I assume that the polls at SRF will show a different result and the reality will be somewhere inbetween.

    8. Current_Ranger_7954 on

      Voting against of course, the media landscape in Switzerland is already bleak.

    9. momentumisconserved on

      Why not fund it directly through taxes instead of having a separate serafe bill?

    11. SegheCoiPiedi1777 on

      I will vote yes, because I don’t want my taxes to fund media outlets, even if they are neutral. I understand your point but I don’t think we are becoming the US.

    12. policygeek80 on

      The costs just exploded. It used to be 140.- and it was delivering the same if not better public service. The reason of the explosion of cost is money to buy rights for Champions League or, even worse, F1 and Motorsport. Those are not public services, it is me paying for sport fans. They can cut while keeping the robust information services they are providing

    13. ShaneAnnigan on

      No, thank you. I don’t want to pay for american TV shows and World Cup or F1. I also don’t want to pay for „investigative“ pieces on alternative medicine or why GMOs are bad despite the scientific consensus being that they are safe for human consumption.

      Presenting state sponsored media as „neutral“ is dishonest. For example, they are less likely to criticize high tax rates as they receive funding from tax money.

      A large number of US media (CNN, ABC, CBS), for example, have a left-wing bias. Claiming that the US are in the situation they’re in because they don’t have state sponsored media is dishonest too. If the US had state sponsored TV channels, at the moment they’d be broadcasting Trump bullshit all day.

    14. MrDeoBook on

      I am quite dissatisfied with RTS. They live in their left-progressist bubble. Wouldn’t mind paying less

    16. k1rbyt on

      I have so many issues with the title of this post.

      Starting with: „if you don’t want to build what the USA currently has become, vote no on this.“

      The US has been always what is has been, it’s changing, things are happening, but let’s be real and honest, it’s not the media’s fault. There are enough media outlets in the US leaning both ways and there isn’t some monopoly on media by one side or one individual. I understand you don’t like the media landscape in the US, not a lot of people do, but it’s the US and the same way Switzerland is different than the US on many things, it’s also going to be different on the media issue. So somehow extrapolating the issues in the US into Switzerland makes absolutely no sense.

      „Weakening neutral media is one of the worst things you can do for democracy“

      First of all, SRG is not neutral (no matter how much you or the SRG claim otherwise). It’s not extremely biased to one side, but like all state funded medias in Europe it has a left bias, and it’s showing. The only thing that actually weakens a democracy is concentrating the power in media into a smaller and smaller number of outlets (like what Hungary has done). Having a huge SRG with a huge budget is not really ideal, since any other media outlet or player has to compete with this giant.

    18. Miserable_Ad_8695 on

      Absolutely. Democracy is in danger if I can’t watch samschtig jass, a boring movie from a mediocre zhdk student, tatort or tennis/football anymore.

    19. SaneLad on

      I am not in favor of scrapping SRG altogether. But I would like to see a reduction to the core principles of informing the public and supporting local culture. There is no need to collect quasi-taxes to broadcast the UEFA Champions League, for example. I like watching it, but that stuff is extremely expensive and readily available on private media.

    20. SnooBooks3514 on

      Make it donation based. As looks like a lot of people from this thread would pay more. Let us decide.

      I’m pro not paying as always and also not use or care about the mass media. Use your own judgement. There’s no general media.

    22. couple_suisse69 on

      I’m always so amazed how Swiss people are so gullible. Do you guys really think giving a private company money will avoid politicians telling the national media company what to say?

    23. Winter_Current9734 on

      I disagree. The way it is today, it’s a super-left circlejerk as well.

      One example: The content on GMO alone makes me so angry, because it ignores 99% of research, stating the importance of GMO research and plants. This btw is also valid for German public broadcast, where I used to live.

      I agree on the importance of neutral, non-private media. But this current mechanism is not it.

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