Roger de Weck
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Roger de Weck
Roger de Weck, born in 1953, is a Swiss journalist and economist. From 1997 to 2001 he was the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, from 2011 to 2017 he was the managing director of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
Roger de Weck, born in 1953, is a Swiss journalist and economist. From 1997 to 2001 he was the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, from 2011 to 2017 he was the managing director of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
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Year of Publication: 2024
Roger de WeckYear of Publication: 2024
Despite Everything
Authoritarian populists are on the rise. Fake news items and disinformation campaigns are rampant. And what is journalism doing? How is it fighting back against these currents? It’s limping from one crisis to the next. There may be more media outlets, but their budgets are shrinking. Media owners are trying to stem the bleeding by publishing shrill opinion pieces and soft content . But...
Year of Publication: 2020
Roger de WeckYear of Publication: 2020
The Power of Democracy
Liberal democracy makes you dependent, environmentalists start forest fires, feminists are totalitarian, and the rich are discriminated against – this is the lookingglass world of right-wing propaganda. And while we are heatedly discussing these kinds of distortions, the market economy is mutating into a power economy: Big Data and Big Money have turned the democratic order on its head. The...