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Funny how it's always the SVP trying to cut the SRG funds, after their first initiative to completely abolish the tax failed.
by nar001 2y ago
Funny how it's always the SVP trying to cut the SRG funds, after their first initiative to completely abolish the tax failed.
- mschuster91 2y agoAttacking public broadcasters is a pretty standard playbook of the far-right and even Conservatives - the latter in Germany for example killed off fibre buildout under Kohl in favor of cable TV/radio because they wanted private broadcasters as competition against a "too left" public TV [1]. The consequences of that decision haunt us to this day, with many households still getting internet access via decades-old twisted pair phone lines. [1] https://netzpolitik.org/2018/danke-helmut-kohl-kabelfernsehen-statt-glasfaserausbau/ https://netzpolitik.org/2018/danke-helmut-kohl-kabelfernsehe...