Conflicts - Citizens fight for their rights
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1992-2001 |
| Production company |
ORF |
| length | 17 or 25 or 27 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
First Sunday evening, then Saturday evening (repeat Monday noon) |
| production | ORF |
| Moderation | Walter Schiejok |
| First broadcast | January 19, 1992 on ORF 2 |
“Conflicts - Citizens Fight for Their Rights ” was a civil rights program on the Austrian television broadcaster ORF , moderated by Walter Schiejok , which was broadcast weekly for ten years and which most recently had a regular TV audience of around 413,000 viewers.
Shipment history
Initially, “Conflicts” was intended as a replacement for the long-standing TV program “ A case for the Ombudsman ”, which was discontinued in 1991 after an uproar between ORF presenter Hans Paul Strobl and the then Federal Public Prosecutor Herbert Kohlmaier .
"Conflicts" was broadcast for the first time on January 19, 1992. Originally the program had a 17-minute slot on Sunday evening. In the mid-1990s, “Conflicts” received a better, 27-minute slot on ORF2 on Saturday evening between 18:25 and 18:50 . The repetition took place on Monday morning between 11:15 and 11:40 on ORF2.
The last Conflicts program aired on December 15, 2001. Since then, the slot has been available again to the Ombudsman Board to present their cases.
Shipment concept
"Conflicts" was a civil rights and citizens' service program that prepared legitimate complaints about problems with the authorities (unequal treatment, arbitrariness and grievances) in the context of a TV report in which the conflicting parties involved were interviewed and the problem and its respective backgrounds were illustrated were shown.
Many representatives of the authorities cut a bad figure in the live confrontations moderated by Schiejok in the studio, because they did not consider that the TV studio is not an office in which they can forbid objections and contradictions by virtue of their official authority. Rather, the representatives of the authorities themselves had to answer questions from the interested public and expect that their often controversial decisions would become public across the country because they were subsequently also taken up and attacked by the print media.
In the context of the broadcast, many representatives of the public institutions and authorities criticized soon react much more insightfully and understandingly than they are used to. This happened partly because they had to recognize in the course of the controversy that their behavior, their views and their decisions were not fair or close to the citizen or timely, partly because they wanted to keep the loss of image associated with publicly addressing the conflict to a minimum.
A special feature of “Conflicts” was that this TV show then also observed the further development and, if the problem persisted, addressed it again in a sequel.
"Conflicts" has thus made a significant contribution to improving the way the authorities (offices, authorities, ministries, state-owned companies such as rail and post and telegraph administration) deal with citizens, because the former had to fear that the latter would successfully deal with "conflicts" and the media Turn public.
editorial staff
Walter Schiejok was the presenter of the show, the editorial team of which consisted of Hans Kronberger , Franz Gegenbauer, Klaus Unterberger, Hannes Kozich and Edith Murauer , among others .
TV review
“The importance of Walter Schiejok's“ Conflicts ”program and the demonstration of injustices that are often covered by law was once again shown on Sunday evening by the case of the teacher Petra, who is now supposed to atone for the sins of her mother's youth: Petra, who lives with foster parents has just turned 18, is supposed to replace the costs of the paternity lawsuit at the time. Because none of the four men named by her mother at the time is actually Petra's father, one of them is now claiming back thousands of shillings in legal fees and the cost of the blood tests from Petra. Innocent children get kissed on the hand, although politicians admit that there is a gap in the law. Because the mother cannot legally be asked to pay, she only acts as a witness in a paternity case in which the child appears as a plaintiff according to the law. If a plaintiff loses the lawsuit, the opponent, in this case the man called "non-father" by an officer, is entitled to receive reimbursement of his costs. It is sad enough that a "Conflicts" broadcast is needed for the legislature to correct such legal traps at some point. "
Web links
- Walter Schiejok mentions around 700 programs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Austrian Broadcasting Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 22, 2006 ; Retrieved April 17, 2009 .
- ↑ Despite good ratings: ORF overturns “conflicts”. Tiroler Tageszeitung , No. 289 of December 15, 2001.
- ↑ Irmhild Maass: "Blick ins Kastl". In: Upper Austrian news . September 14, 1993. p. 15.