Schweizerischer Verein für ausgewogene Berichterstattung
SVFAB has developed the world’s only methodology to examine public broadcasting systematically, AI-assisted and reproducibly against its legal mandate. We offer this analysis as a service — for organisations pursuing the same standard in their country.
SVFAB runs the analysis centrally. Partners deliver the raw material — we deliver the results. Two options:
Option A — Full Service
SVFAB handles everything: grabbing the broadcasts, transcription, analysis. The partner defines which broadcasters and formats should be examined.
Option B — Data Delivery
The partner delivers videos or transcripts (SRT/VTT). SVFAB runs the standardised analysis.
Why centralised? Because only this guarantees comparability. The same methodology, the same criteria, the same scoring — across national borders. Like a measurement standard, not like a toolbox.
For international cooperations, we use the 5 documentarily countable criteria that also withstand legal scrutiny:
— Agenda Bias — Which topics are covered, which are omitted?
— Tonality Bias — How are different positions spoken about?
— Visibility Bias — Who gets to speak, who does not?
— Omission Bias — What is structurally left out?
— Framing Bias — How are facts contextualised?
These 5 criteria are manageable, reproducible and internationally comparable. SVFAB works internally with 17 criteria — the 5 court-proven ones form the standard for international cooperation.
Switzerland — SRG/SRF: Tagesschau, 10vor10, Arena, Rundschau (since 2023, over 25,000 broadcasts, the earliest from 1968)
Germany — ARD Tagesschau, ZDF heute journal, Markus Lanz, Frontal (2,230+ broadcasts (and counting))
Norway — NRK Dagsrevyen and other formats
Parliamentary committees and media spokespersons seeking an empirical basis for inquiries and reform proposals.
Civil society organisations that want to examine public broadcasting in their country for balance — documentarily, not politically.
Researchers and universities who want to use the methodology for academic projects.
Published party programmes of all represented parties as the reference line. No political presupposition. Full source disclosure. SVFAB is not a political camp — we work with organisations that take balance seriously, regardless of which party benefits.
Interested?
We welcome enquiries from organisations, institutions and individuals worldwide.