Wallraff from Leutschenbach
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:11 am
Life writes the most beautiful stories. A truism. For this reason alone, it is a shame that Swiss television does not have its own court program; editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann and the "Kassensturz" management have practical experience of what it feels like behind the bars of court. A few days ago, Haldimann was convicted by the Zurich High Court because he encouraged a "Kassensturz" team to film a not entirely kosher insurance agent with a hidden camera while he was selling a policy.
In retrospect: heroic intentions, but stupid. Even more stupid that Haldimann had to appear before the Zurich District Court again this week for using the hidden camera. In this second uae rcs data case, the self-appointed Wallraff from Leutschenbach encouraged a "Kassensturz" team to film an admittedly controversial plastic surgeon as he was examining the breasts of a former Miss Argovia who allegedly wanted to enlarge her bust size. For Haldimann, this was an immoral act, but one that he did not want to keep from his audience.
True public service. For the layperson who is less well-versed on breasts, the question still arises: how is a doctor supposed to operate on a breast that he does not know? One comment is permitted: perhaps not every event filmed with a hidden camera is a new Watergate. And sometimes there are even people who need to be protected from Leutschenbach's thirst for investigation. No problem for Swiss television: if necessary - this is the practice - they appeal unpopular verdicts to Strasbourg at the expense of the license fee payers. Actually a case for the "Kassensturz".
In retrospect: heroic intentions, but stupid. Even more stupid that Haldimann had to appear before the Zurich District Court again this week for using the hidden camera. In this second uae rcs data case, the self-appointed Wallraff from Leutschenbach encouraged a "Kassensturz" team to film an admittedly controversial plastic surgeon as he was examining the breasts of a former Miss Argovia who allegedly wanted to enlarge her bust size. For Haldimann, this was an immoral act, but one that he did not want to keep from his audience.
True public service. For the layperson who is less well-versed on breasts, the question still arises: how is a doctor supposed to operate on a breast that he does not know? One comment is permitted: perhaps not every event filmed with a hidden camera is a new Watergate. And sometimes there are even people who need to be protected from Leutschenbach's thirst for investigation. No problem for Swiss television: if necessary - this is the practice - they appeal unpopular verdicts to Strasbourg at the expense of the license fee payers. Actually a case for the "Kassensturz".