Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – After the first media summit three years ago, there should be a new edition in Baden-Württemberg in mid-2024. During the budget deliberations, the Greens parliamentary group in the state parliament campaigned for such a congress to be held again with leaders from the media, science and politics. “It’s good that we’re investing in media-political education,” said spokeswoman Catherine Kern on Friday in Stuttgart. “Because it has never been so easy to spread news and false information unfiltered and unchecked in various communication channels.” With the congress you want to send a nationwide signal against fake news. The summit will cost around 300,000 euros. The finance committee agreed on Friday, now the state parliament has to give the green light.
In November 2019, Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) invited to the first congress of this kind. SWR director Kai Gniffke and Robert Habeck came, among others.