Greetings from Medienseldwyla

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Roger Köppel can be called a "hardliner" with impunity - and with the blessing of the judge. At least that of the SRG ombudsman ( persoenlich.com reported ). And since Köppel himself has no objections to this label in relation to his commitment to neutrality, the matter would actually be settled. Everyone is happy, including our portal, which was able to generate clicks with this report. Nevertheless, the - admittedly well-founded - "judgment" raises some questions, including with regard to bias. Because it is precisely this decision that shows the personification of "Medienseldwyla", to quote the late SRF director Peter Schellenberg.

Esther Girsberger, co-head of the SRG ombudsman's china rcs data office and jointly responsible for the decision, launched Köppel's first major career step a quarter of a century ago. As former Tagi editor-in-chief, she hired the then up-and-coming young journalist Köppel as editor-in-chief and savior of the "Magazin", the weekly Tagi supplement. "I found him funny and impudent," said Girsberger in Daniel Ryser's excellent Köppel biography. He was "the right man with his incorrect manner," said the lawyer with a doctorate. Later they distanced themselves, not because of political differences of opinion, but because in her eyes he was "obsessed."

Köppel switched to Blocher's party, Girsberger wrote a biography of Widmer-Schlumpf. But they are still personally connected, says the current co-head of the SRG ombudsman's office. In the book, Girsberger goes on to report that Köppel called her on Christmas Eve because his son's violin had broken. As her son also plays the violin, she arranged for a violin maker as an emergency, who immediately lent Köppel an instrument. Köppel did not pay anything for this, however. The SVP National Councilor immediately became annoyed on Twitter. It was unbelievable what Esther Girsberger was "maliciously" making up. Of course he had paid the "dear violin maker", and not a small amount. His tweet ended: "Esther: How low can you go?" The person addressed failed to respond - at least publicly.