Key legal question
Whether refusal of access to a prison for a TV interview with an inmate infringes media freedom and requires an Art. 36 BV review.
Extracted holding
The refusal interferes with media freedom; the cantonal court wrongly denied the protected scope and must assess legal basis, public interest, and proportionality.
Extracted reasoning
Journalistic information gathering is protected by Art. 17 BV, including choice of interview format. A prison interview falls within that protection regardless of content. Therefore the refusal is an interference requiring justification under Art. 36 BV.