It would appear that Puchalsk met similar resistance to change in all other departments of Czech television, and critical voices have argued that this youngster could not have possibly had the proper experience and wisdom to manage the byzantine organisation that is Czech TV and its several thousand employees. It is very difficult to determine whether their complaints are justified. A public debate on the role of Czech TV and its internal situation is simply not taking place, and the Czech Parliament Media Commission has refused to deal with the matter. We must deal with that as a matter of priority. The problem of Czech Television is irrelevant in this respect.
Czech politicians are obviously unaware of the role that an efficient media plays in a democracy.
Maybe had the above-mentioned MP and his colleages devoted their attention more systematically to the cultivation of news and current affairs programmes on Czech TV, they would not now have to deal with people whose salaries are being denied. Puchalsk 's restructuring plans have been attacked by the employees of Czech TV as haphazard. It is impossible to judge this in the absence of any independent analysis, but the plans have not been made public. It seems possible that Puchalsk was ousted from Czech TV because a number of interest groups joined together against him. He has undoubtedly angered the organisation of independent Czech film and television programme producers, apparently because regular income from Czech TV to some of these producers was no longer guaranteed.