The criticism of the public service is getting louder. Nevertheless, ARD and ZDF are broadcasting the funeral service and funeral of the Queen in parallel with plenty of additional staff. Apparently, the criticism of the broadcasters is not loud enough.
ARD, ZDF, Tagesschau24 and Phoenix broadcast the funeral service and funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at the same time and for hours. Dozens of employees are sometimes also on site – no wonder that the public broadcasters are met with a lack of understanding.
PAID Queen’s funeral, 9:00 p.m. Why can’t ARD and ZDF come to an agreement better? One of the channels is broadcasting, the other is dedicated to its regular program? This saves costs for personnel and broadcasting rights, and the fee-financed broadcasters still fulfill their information mandate. on starThe ARD program management responded to the inquiry: ARD and ZDF agreed “that the death of Queen Elizabeth II is an event of such outstanding journalistic and historical importance that in this one special case a parallel transmission can and should take place.”
ARD and ZDF lack cost awareness
I think that’s a misjudgment. Apparently, in the executive floors of both broadcasters, vanity is greater than the will to save. In this specific case, ARD could have shown the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II and ZDF could have shown the coronation ceremony for Charles III. – or vice versa.
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While many people in Germany fear not being able to pay their next electricity or gas bill, broadcasters keep hearing calls for increases in broadcasting fees – and then the broadcasters make such a wasteful decision.
Public service broadcasting important for democracy
In my opinion, public service broadcasting is an important part of our democracy. At least they have him Founded by the Allies after the Second World War based on the British model, so that it contributes to the development of a democratic public through free and independent reporting. In my opinion, the broadcasters usually fulfill this task well – despite the scandal surrounding the NDR state radio station in Kiel, where reports were apparently made in a landlord’s manner in favor of the state government.
But if the fee-financed broadcasters, despite their parallel structure, cannot agree on who will broadcast an event that is admittedly historical, then the boardrooms have not recognized the signs of the times. They pour grist on the mill of the critics who want to abolish public service broadcasting altogether. But neither the ZDF headquarters in Mainz nor the ARD program management in Munich seem to have understood the scope of this.
Further source: Federal Agency for Civic Education.