Baden-Württemberg: Court Rejects Action Against Broadcasting

Tagesschau

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Seven people failed in a lawsuit against the broadcaster's contribution. They had accused the SWR of reporting unbalanced and unilaterally. Now the administrative court in Mannheim has dismissed their action.[more]]>

Deutschlandfunk

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The obligation to pay the broadcasting fee is not contrary to the Constitution. This was decided by the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim. The plaintiffs were of the opinion that the public broadcasting reports unilaterally "in favour of left parties and progressive positions." Therefore, they wanted to let the court determine that the obligation to pay the fee violates the Constitution.

Spiegel

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The broadcasting fee is constitutional, which was decided by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg. A lawsuit against an allegedly too left-wing report of the SWR was dismissed.

Welt

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The broadcasting contribution is constitutional. This was decided by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg. Allegations of unilateral reporting and lack of balance were rejected by the judges.

Handelsblatt

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Several plaintiffs did not want to pay the contribution because of the broadcasting unbalanced reports. The VGH considers the offer to be diverse enough. It is the first judgment of this kind.

rp-online.de

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What can and must public broadcasting do? The Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court is concerned with the assessment of diversity and balance. Now a decision follows.