What all media consumers have in common, however, is the right to free opinion and decision-making, as has always been part of the self-image of our society and our constitution. If this constitutional claim is made the primary standard, any further debate about subsidies that further promote monopoly structures in the Swiss media landscape becomes superfluous. If media diversity and free opinion-forming are lacking, there is no longer any need for qualitative justification.
Whether to justify the concentration process canada rcs data in the print media or to build up monopolistic structures in the electronic media market, the quality argument in both cases serves only as a means to an end. The repeated claim that only strong structures (presumably monopolistic/cartelistic structures) can guarantee credible media quality in the long term is all too obvious. The fact that our media politicians still feel committed to a long-outdated "schoolmaster mentality" and are prepared to distribute hundreds of millions in subsidies for it is the real scandal.
The impending unconstitutional and market-distorting raid on the state coffers is damaging our democracy. State-funded media are always state-controlled media - unthinkable for a free, democratic Switzerland!