Opposing party not invited: SRG ombudsman criticizes guest selection “Club” due to extreme weather

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Zimmermann accused SRF Meteo of dishonest political intentions in “Weltwoche,” as the SRG ombudsman noted in two reports published Friday. The supervisor noted that his presence in the ‘club’ would have been not only desirable but appropriate. Tamedia first published the results of the reports.

The Office of the Ombudsman is responding to two complaints on the same subject. They accused SRF of allowing SRF Chief Meteorologist Thomas Bucheli to comment on the temperature information on the show. However, the opposing party, “Weltwoche”, was not invited. The public was therefore unable to form a well-considered opinion, as stated in one complaint.

SRF justified the selection of guests by saying that the program “Club” would place the current discussions in a larger context. The program in question was about why it became political again. SRF noted that the extremely high temperature information was not the focus of the program.

According to the regulator, Kurt Zimmermann discussed the false reporting of undisputed facts in his column. SRF meteorologist Thomas Bucheli apologized in early August for some incorrect temperature forecasts. The values ​​that are too high for coastal towns on the Mediterranean, for example, are due to technical errors. (SDA)

Source:Blick