Not a single violation of program rules within the RBB – Muricas News

One is perhaps shocked that Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) just isn't extra profitable in its programming. Or how happy the listeners and viewers should be when simply 5 program complaints have made it to the Broadcasting Council for remedy within the present yr. All 5 complaints had been dismissed, which signifies that no violations of the broadcaster’s programming rules had been discovered.

No violations

This can be a custom within the public service broadcaster. As could be seen from a response from the Senate Chancellery to a query from Ronald Glaeser, who sits within the Home of Representatives for the AfD, “rbb just isn't conscious of any case through which the Broadcasting Council discovered a violation of programming rules and subsequently upheld a grievance.” This refers back to the interval 2017 to 2023.

Such a program grievance has to go a good distance earlier than it's handled by the Broadcasting Council. The director first decides whether or not a violation of program rules has occurred and can then inform the petitioner about it. If, within the complainant’s opinion, no treatment has been discovered, he/she will be able to name the Broadcasting Council, and the grievance will then be mentioned in this system committee. The results of the session is in flip communicated to the Broadcasting Council. The chairperson of the Broadcasting Council shall convey the choice to the complainant, along with a written justification.

In consequence, not a single grievance was profitable between 2017 and 2023. A lot of the complaints handled by the Broadcasting Council had been eleven every in 2020 and 2021. It may be seen that the system of program complaints just isn't designed to acknowledge however to push back criticism of the RBB applications.

Now this system grievance just isn't the one manner through which reactions from the viewers can attain the general public service broadcaster. In response to the statistics despatched by the Senate Chancellery to the AfD MP, the RBB-Service editorial group had 13,800 contacts with the general public within the interval from January to the tip of Might 2023. Sorted by matter, the lion’s share of the inquiries (6,660) involved the programme, whereas private opinions involved 2,700 inquiries. The ratio of criticism (1,200 posts) to reward (300) is no surprise.

Not shocking that in the case of inquiries about applications, “Abendschau” (1,500) is clearly within the lead, adopted by inquiries concerning the firm (600) and “Brandenburg aktuell” (600). The primary radio program, Radio Eins, got here in fifth.

For those who take a look at the inquiries about “Abendschau” and Radio Eins thematically, the parameter “solutions” comes first within the case of the information journal, the purpose “criticism” comes up for 100 inquiries, reward is just given in ten of 1500 contact circumstances. At Radio Eins it will get much more blatant: 50 occasions “criticism” – and 0 occasions “reward”. Solely self-praise helps.