Switzerland has the world's best army and, according to its own advertising, the world's best journalism, "Republic". The first is definitely fake news, but we can still hope for the second. After almost two weeks, this announcement has not yet been fulfilled. But that doesn't mean it's a disaster: the great thing about the Internet is that you can constantly improve without having to turn the concept on its head.
A first conclusion: The graphics are appealing, the texts vietnam rcs data well written. One positive aspect is Brigitte Hürlimann's extremely competent view of the justice system. As a former TeleZüri court reporter, I followed some of the cases described live.
What the critic of this column would like, however, is more topicality - and also surprise. It is definitely not the case that the SVP is bad and Trump is evil. But perhaps that is precisely what the readers of the "Republik" want to see confirmed. If that were the case, the makers would be right. Recognizing - and serving - your own target group is the most important thing in a media product.
"Write what is," preached "Spiegel" inventor Rudolf Augstein. "Explain how it should be" is the motto of the "Republik" creators. But a little more Augstein would do the "Republik" a lot of good: The WEF is certainly a brilliant playground for the new portal: old master Margrit Sprecher has proven this with her report. And perhaps the American president will turn out to be "Republik" star writer Günter Wallraff.