In addition to that, German public-service broadcast is supposed to be independent. It is not state-TV. Politicians attempts to influence content and programmin

In addition to that, German public-service broadcast is supposed to be independent. It is not state-TV. Politicians attempts to influence content and programming are generally frowned upon. This is reflected in the supervising board and television board consisting of a broad mixture of appointees, both political and not [1]. The board does not have direct influence on editorial decisions [2] (in German). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDF#Supervising_board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDF#Supervising_board [2] https://www.zdf.de/zdfunternehmen/fragen-an-das-zdf-108.html https://www.zdf.de/zdfunternehmen/fragen-an-das-zdf-108.html