Kassensturz (TV show)

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Television broadcast
German title Cash drop
SRF Kassensturz HG.svg
Country of production Switzerland
original language Swiss German
length about 33 minutes
Broadcasting
cycle		 weekly
genre consumer protection
production Ursula Gabathuler
Moderation Current moderators (2017):

Former moderators:

First broadcast 4th January 1974

Kassensturz is a television program that is broadcast weekly on SRF 1 by Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) - except in the summer months - and deals with issues relating to consumer protection . A regular collaboration exists with the sister program A Bon Entendeur from RTS Un ( Radio Télévision Suisse ) and with Espresso , the consumer magazine of Radio SRF 1 .

history

The show first aired on January 4, 1974; It was founded by Roger Schawinski . She was quickly able to distinguish herself with product comparisons and revelations. Legendary, for example, are the “ ravioli scandal” uncovered by the Consumer Protection Foundation at the end of the 1970s , the report on mineral water without minerals or the unmasking of sugary wines . The magazine was never a classic business magazine; the focus was always on specific consumer protection issues. Kassensturz is still one of the most successful Swiss television programs today .

In the early 1990s, the magazine launched the consumer magazine K-Tipp . At the end of the 1990s, the producers of the K-Tip fell out with the bottom line . As a result, the editorial staff of the Kassensturz worked together with the newly founded consumer magazine Saldo . The collaboration with Saldo was ended in autumn 2004 ; New were the Kassensturz -Redaktoren two sides in the K-Tipp available. In June 2010, the media partnership with the K-Tipp was also discontinued, on the grounds that, in the Internet age, most viewers can now be reached without a print product.

When exchanging results in comparative product tests, there is a collaboration with Stiftung Warentest in Germany.

Rubrics

Former logo of the TV show
  • "Test": the best-selling products from various manufacturers are scientifically tested for various criteria. The products tested receive Swiss school grades from 1 to 6. Detailed test results can be found on the website after they have been broadcast.
  • “Can you do that?”: At the beginning of the program, a legal question is asked such as B. «Can I leave the dishwasher unattended?». The viewers can vote via SMS voting. In the course of the broadcast, the question will be answered by the legal expert Gabriela Baumgartner.
  • "Kassensturz undercover": Kassensturz reporters are out and about with a hidden camera .
  • “Label fraud”: Viewers can point out products for which the packaging cannot keep its promises. At the end of the year, the labeling fraud of the year will be chosen through an online voting.
  • “Final point”: The last word in Kassensturz is comedians who satirically treat a consumer issue. Claudio Zuccolini is currently (2017) presenting the rubric, before that it was Simon Enzler .

Moderators

From 1974 to 1977 Roger Schawinski moderated. Between 1976 and 1986 the management of the show changed several times; Moderators were André Francioli (1977–1978), Walter Rüegg (1979–1980), Peter Wettler (1980–1982) and Beat Hurni (1982–1986). From 1986 Kassensturz was led and moderated for ten years by the journalists Hans Räz and Urs P. Gasche , between 1996 and 2005 it was led and moderated by Hansjörg Utz and Ueli Schmezer . The program is moderated today (2017) by Ueli Schmezer and Kathrin Winzenried , the editor-in-chief is Ursula Gabathuler. Peter Kner , the voice of the voiceover , is also associated with the Kassensturz .

criticism

The program is accused of tendentious reporting by deliberately evoking outrage in the audience as well as by deliberately portraying the role of victim and perpetrator. The contributions often followed the same structure in which the victim and perpetrator roles were additionally accentuated. The consumers' personal responsibility is often lost.

The test results shown in the program are criticized for being only advertising contributions for the (paid) consumer magazine K-Tipp . The detailed test results are not available on the Kassensturzes website. As early as 2000, following a complaint from the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI) , the Federal Supreme Court came to the conclusion that the SRG had misused the program Kassensturz as an advertising platform for the consumer magazine Saldo and had operated forbidden surreptitious advertising .

Due to its controversial methods, the magazine had to accept another court ruling or a decision by the UBI to its disadvantage in recent years: in 2006 the Kassensturz or the SRG lost to the federal court because of a roughly nine-minute report on the value of MBA broadcast in January 2005 -Courses. Half of a film report shown in it dealt only with one particular MBA school, which it portrayed in a negative light. The federal court came to the conclusion that the controversial contribution violated program provisions. With regard to the seriousness of the allegations, the limits of a still admissible, lawyer-like report had been exceeded.

In autumn 2010, SVP politicians Gregor Rutz and Natalie Rickli turned to the UBI with a complaint about the SVP 's Kassensturz program “Parties in the consumer check: they fail” broadcast on September 15, 2015 in the run-up to the federal elections was called the "most anti-consumer party". The previously consulted ombudsman Achille Casanova had already described the program in unusually sharp terms as "simply unacceptable" because of the unbalanced reporting and the violation of several duties of care. In its decision of June 15, 2016, the UBI came to the conclusion that the editorial staff had insufficiently taken into account the journalistic due diligence obligations that are important for election programs, such as impartiality and the principle of fairness. The one-sided reporting was implicitly tantamount to a negative election recommendation to the SVP and thus represented an inadmissible electoral influence on the audience and violated the diversity requirement of Art. 4 Para. 4 RTVG ( Federal Act on Radio and Television). She approved the complaint.

In another case, however, the Kassensturz was retrospectively right: In March 2003, he conducted interviews with insurance agents with a hidden camera on the program “Insurance Consultants under the Magnifying Glass” in order to point out inadequate advice in the insurance business. In October 2008 the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the procedure in question could not be justified with the protection of legitimate interests or with journalistic professional duties. The then editor-in-chief of Swiss television, Ueli Haldimann , the then responsible editor-in-chief Hansjörg Utz as well as an editor and a journalist were sentenced to conditional fines for listening to and recording other people's conversations. The European Court of Human Rights , to which the SRG appealed after the Swiss guilty verdict, came to a different conclusion in 2015 with 6: 1 votes: the ruling violated freedom of expression , for which there are hardly any restrictions on questions of general interest.

"Grave affair"

On February 6, 2006 and December 19, 2006, Kassensturz aired two articles about cosmetic surgeons. One article showed how a prominent cosmetic surgeon had touched the bare breasts of a 19-year-old in what the tabloids called "grabbing". SF editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann had given his express consent to broadcast the controversial films before they were broadcast.

In September 2007 the UBI approved a complaint against the broadcast. She came to the conclusion that the covertly filmed recordings should not have been broadcast. The Zurich public prosecutor then filed a lawsuit against four SF employees - including editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann. The Zurich Higher Court sentenced the SF employees to conditional fines for tapping into and recording foreign conversations several times, which was confirmed by the Federal Court. The SRG appealed to the European Court of Human Rights; its judgment is still pending (2017). The case sparked a discussion about the circumstances under which the use of a hidden camera was journalistically justifiable.

In February 2015, the controversial cosmetic surgeon's practice was closed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Why the “Kassensturz” is so feared - the 10 greatest successes. In: Aargauer Zeitung . January 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kassensturz" and K-Tipp end media partnership ( Memento from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: website of SF 1 . June 15, 2010 (press release; PDF; 4 kB).
  3. ↑ Camping mats in the test: sleeping comfort two fingers thick. In: test.de . May 4, 2016, Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Maria Kressbach: Box spring beds in the test: A rude awakening. In: srf.ch . September 9, 2016, accessed September 15, 2016
  5. ↑ 30 years of «Kassensturz» - editor-in-chief and moderators. In: SRF website. December 10, 2003 (PDF; 89 kB).
  6. ^ A b Rico Bandle: TV review: Monkey good, Ospel bad. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 15, 2008.
  7. ^ Decision of the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television of March 10, 2000. In: Website of the Federal Chancellery.
  8. ↑ Markus Felber : Allegations of the "Kassensturz". In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 5, 2006.
  9. ^ Daniel Müller, Philip Kempf: Parties in the consumer check: These fail. In: SRF website, September 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ SVP wins against the «Kassensturz». In: Tages-Anzeiger. October 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ Decision of June 17, 2016. In: UBI website (PDF; 139 kB).
  12. ↑ «Kassensturz» operated inadmissible electoral influence. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 20th June 2016.
  13. ↑ Insurance consultants under the microscope. In: SRF website, March 25, 2003.
  14. ^ «Kassensturz»: Secret recordings are not permitted. In: Tages-Anzeiger. October 16, 2008.
  15. ↑ Katharina Fontana: Research with a hidden camera was permitted. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. February 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ Nesa Zimmermann: Hidden Camera: A Small Step for the ECHR - A Big Step for Freedom of the Press? In: Humanrights.ch February 24, 2015.
  17. ↑ Nadine Woodtli: Celebrity cosmetic surgeon would even enlarge teenage breasts. In: SRF website, February 6, 2006.
  18. ↑ Nadine Woodtli: Incredible: cosmetic surgeons want to operate on Miss Argovia. In: SRF website, December 19, 2006.
  19. ↑ a b SF responsible persons accused of "Kassensturz" contribution. In: persoenlich.com . October 31, 2007.
  20. ↑ «Kassensturz» should not have sent covertly filmed images. In: news.ch. August 31, 2007.
  21. ^ Rainer Stadler : Judgment against SF editor-in-chief because of hidden camera. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. August 22, 2009.
  22. ↑ Kurt W. Zimmermann : Journalists play hide and seek. In: Weltwoche . February 14, 2007.
  23. ↑ Rafaela Roth: "Covert research is part of critical journalism". In: Aargauer Zeitung. April 25, 2015.