The law states SRG’s mandate:
- promote the free formation of opinions
- Strengthening the cohesion of the country
- represent cultural diversity
So I was interested in how this is done.
My first request to the management was: Which programs should fulfill this task?
SRG: Everyone.
I asked: Jodel choir?
SRG: No. Not that, but everyone else.
I asked again: Crime scene?
SRG: No, not that either. but everyone else.
I asked: Football?
SRG: No, not that either.
My conclusion was: If one had thought about it, the answer would have been clear and unambiguous. I have decided that, at a minimum, the programs “Arena”, “10vor10”, “Rundschau” and “Tagesschau” must be included.
The next question to the SRG was:
How do you ensure that your employees master this important task?
SRG: Check out the website.
I did that. It says: Our mission is…
I contacted SRG again: We agree that this is your job. The question was: How do you do it?
SRG: We are ending this communication.
The question continued to bother me.
There are a few ways to at least get closer to this goal.
One variant would be to use teams that are well mixed: ages, genders, backgrounds, intellectual education and practical education. Social background. Manager or craftsman background. This makes it more and more possible to look at things from all sides.
An alternative could be people who have traveled around the world for a long time because they have learned that you can do, live or be things in very different ways. This is liberating, including when it comes to assessment.
For me, the crowning achievement would be what we call Zen: letting go of judgments, i.e. the de-emotionalization of considerations.