Facts oder Fiction?

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Fact or fake? A differentiation is hardly possible anymore in media reporting. Since the introduction of the dual broadcasting system, the journalistic obligation to truth has been increasingly disregarded. Television boulevard magazines in particular, which are characterized by sensational presentation in information transmission, are exposed to the danger of fakes. What faking means and how narrow the tightrope walk between reality, fiction and deception can be is examined by Morgenthaler in her study. In it, she first deals theoretically with the program format TV boulevard magazine, with ethical and legal requirements for truthful reporting as well as with television reality. Subsequently, using the case of Michael Born - the television producer had sold over twenty falsified TV reports to numerous infotainment magazines in the early 90s - it is made clear that mainly two groups of journalists are responsible for fakes: freelance producers and responsible editors of the broadcasters. For what reasons are falsifications published in sensational television and which factors favor their emergence? What significance do these determinants have for TV boulevard journalists? The theoretical and practical investigation - a qualitative survey of six journalists from boulevard magazines from the early evening program - agree in their results: Economic factors in particular control the actions of boulevard journalists and displace professional journalism standards. Furthermore, the compulsion for sensational images proves to be a significant influencing factor for fakes. And the dependency relationship of production companies on the boulevard editorial departments of the broadcasters is also eminent. The editorial requirements are so compelling that contributions that do not correspond to the specifications are not broadcast. Through this pressure, which is connected with a threatening loss of existence, the freelance producers are induced to deviate from the truth and to embellish reality.