eXXpress wanted to know the truth and commissioned not local pollsters, but the well-known INSA opinion research institute, with the question of the acceptance of the new ORF “domestic tax” – nothing more than a new tax burden for all Austrian families Brings. Look and see: Disapproval of the new collection model, which the OVP and the Greens put forward in parliament, is much higher than many polls previously presented.
So at present (survey period 4 to 7 September, 1000 people) even 67 percent have the opinion: It is bad or rather bad that in future all Austrians will have to contribute to the funding of ORF.
Only 23 percent agree the future fee model is good or fairly good.
The result is the first slap in the face of politicians who campaigned extensively for mandatory funding of ORF Rath – the second will probably come in next year’s National Council elections.
And the highly explosive results of the new INSA poll also show that 87% of the majority FPO voters disapprove of the new ORF tax, 58% of SPO voters and 54% of OVP voters. Even among NEOS supporters, a majority of 57% do not want all Austrians to be obliged to pay for ORF.
Only a small number of Green voters have similar levels of disapproval and approval (47% each) – so not even a party that expects too much from ORF’s mandated funding manages to persuade most of its supporters…
The reasons for this outright rejection were not raised by the INSA experts. But he should be clear anyway: ORF is said to have received these huge sums from Austrian households and companies without presenting any reforms – eXpress reports.
In addition, there has been much criticism of color reporting and exposing various scams – ORF news actually brought fake news videos from Ukraine, ORF staff filmed tasting their oysters at the Opera Ball, an ORF team spread the word to the station Fake news about “an unused company address” of Sebastian Kurz, an ORF state studio boss posing herself as “Frau Doctor”, ORF stars – like “Kaiser” – collected huge sums in corona subsidies.
And when eXXpress recently revealed the troubling ORF post allocation to a former state manager of the Greens, an Ö1 magazine immediately wanted to bring out a nasty story about eXXpress – which smelled of cheap revenge.
Of course, all this brings little sympathy to a TV giant that needs lots of money to provide for its 3,500 employees and so-called “stars”. However, the Austrians are less and less likely to have the sense to finance this forced TV operation. Currently – as we have reported – wage execution, attachment and even a prison sentence are planned if anyone refuses to pay the €183.60 mandatory fee from January 1.
