Facts
On January 15, 2004, Swiss Television DRS broadcast a report on opponents of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos as part of the news magazine "10 vor 10". The focus was on the press conference of six masked members of the "Revolutionary Alliance" group. X. and twenty co-signatories appealed against this to the Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI), which dismissed the complaint on May 14, 2004. The Federal Court did not enter into the administrative court appeal filed by X. against this.
Considerations
The right of complaint is exclusively governed by Art. 103 let. a OJ and does not arise merely from participation in the previous instance proceedings. The appellant X. and the "Media Forum" he represents are not affected in their own interests worthy of protection by the contested report. Although they generally advocate for fair and balanced reporting, they are not affected by the subject matter of the disputed report differently than the public in general and are therefore not entitled…