Kleine Kostprobe aus dem Paper der Veranstaltung:
"The Russian participants in the dialogue project pointed out that in Russia, the job of journalists working for the state media was to broadcast and explain the government’s position to the public – a function that was emphasised by framing the President’s viewpoint as “the official position”. The journalists working for other media outlets take opposition to the government and make it their key task to argue, or even agitate, for their world view. Indeed, in the Russian mass media, it is still a common practice for reporters to state their own opinions and assessments. Although some news services, like Vedomosti or RBC, have taken the completely opposite approach, this has not become the dominant trend.
According to the participants in the discussion, German journalists have a different understanding of their role: The majority consider that their job is to enable the public to form their own opinion rather than to argue for or against a specific agenda. The distinction between information and opinion pieces (Trennung von Nachricht und Meinung) is a key principle that every journalist in Germany feels obliged to observe. The output of media out-lets that are committed to arguing or agitating for a specific political agenda in Germany is not considered journalism, but activism or – to use a more derogatory term – propaganda.
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According to studies, German journalists firmly regard it as their job “to be an impartial observer” and “to provide citizens with the information they need to make their own political choices”.
Most of them strongly repudiate the idea that it is their job “to support official policies, to bring about prosperity and development” and “to convey a positive image of political and business leadership”.
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...the Russian participants wondered how German mainstream media seemed so uniform and conformist to them, considering the restrictive professional standards ..."
Und nun folgt der verschwurbelste Satz des Papiers:
"The tendency towards a certain degree of conformism among news outlets was not neglected outright by the German participants, but was explained by the fact that journalism is a complex system that is formed, challenged and changed or reproduced by a plethora of factors".
Die nachfolgenden Erklärungsversuche bitte selbst nachlesen auf
S.50; man glaubt es kaum!
Die weitergehende Erklärung bitte selbst nachlesen S.50