Although this seems unlikely to us, could it be that Roger Köppel is simply doing what a journalist, even if he is editor-in-chief, should do from time to time? What would that be, many journalists via Google and Skype might ask themselves. Well, it could be that Köppel took to heart a sentence that has become proverbial: "Write that taiwan rcs data down, Kisch." Go and write it down. Some might now ask: And But let's leave that aside and say: Köppel went, looked at the matter and took notes.
Exactly what a reporter should do, but is hardly allowed to do these days in the general obsession with saving money. So an editor-in-chief who throws himself into the fray personally is actually cause for concern. Is he allowed to do that, what is he doing, why is he there? Is he bathing in the swamp of the right, is he marching with his brothers in spirit? What senseless questions. Köppel is doing exactly what a journalist has to do. If he can.
You probably won't agree with everything Köppel will publish in the "Weltwoche" on Thursday. But it will certainly be more interesting than the desk analyses from Zurich.