Prof. Dr. Susanne Schröter wrote that HR director Florian Hager admitted to mistakes in the reporting on migration. She personally experienced how important issues have increasingly been sidelined and criticism has been made taboo. During the height of ISIS terror, she was often a guest expert at HR; later, Islamism was no longer a topic there, and a critical view of migration policy became increasingly unwelcome. As a result, a representation gap has emerged at HR, which private media like WELT have filled. Therefore, she is not surprised that viewers and listeners have switched to these offerings. Schröter also wrote that those who no longer use public broadcasters also do not want to pay for them, and that HR will eventually come under pressure as a result. For the long-term survival of the broadcaster, self-criticism is necessary, she added. Fee payers could expect a changed reporting style that does not gloss over grievances, does not preach moral lessons, and does not give excessive space to marginal topics. #Selbstkritik (translated)
