After the Second World War there were good reasons to set up a public service broadcaster.
The influence of both politics and business should be limited in order to ensure independent and balanced reporting in
a
very central medium for forming public opinion.
At the same time, frequency slots were scarce, and it was a matter of “reflecting the spectrum of social opinion as comprehensively and fairly as possible” on the few broadcasting slots, literally a principle of ARD.
But in the meantime the system that was set up at that time and that has been increasingly financially supported over the decades is ripe for a comprehensive reform because the problem situation has fundamentally changed.
Today there is an almost unmanageable offer with around 400 TV programs in Germany, video-on-demand offers and, above all, new digital communication platforms.
This makes for a breathtaking diversity of opinion.
Almost every opinion and no matter how absurd conspiracy theory finds its way into the public.
There is definitely no lack of a variety of content and opinions, especially on the Internet.