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Olivier Babeau: “The attacks on CNews reflect the panic of an intelligentsia against an unacceptable vote”

2024-02-22T07:14:09.442Z

Highlights: Olivier Babeau: “The attacks on CNews reflect the panic of an intelligentsia against an unacceptable vote” “How, in practice, can we classify commentators and journalists and evaluate an editorial line? Most commenters are careful to hide their own preferences and not insert themselves anywhere. It's even a duty. Will we judge based on the topics covered? They are the sovereign choice of editorial staff and can hardly be classified (couldn’t the left… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 90% left to discover.


INTERVIEW - For the president of the Sapiens Institute, the decision to force Arcom, the media regulator, to take into account the speaking time of CNews columnists and presenters risks hiding, "under the convenient veil of a defense of pluralism, a form of political censorship...


Olivier Babeau is president of the Sapiens Institute, founder of the Rencontres des Sablons.

Latest work:

The Tyranny of Entertainment

(Buchet-Chastel).

What does the decision of the Council of State inspire you to require

the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication

(Arcom) to take into account the speaking time of CNews columnists and presenters

?

The Council of State applies the Léotard law of 1986, but in the contemporary context, the resulting decision is at best stupidity, at worst a Pandora's box of political control over the media and control of opinions.

How, in practice, can we classify commentators and journalists and evaluate an editorial line?

Most commenters are careful to hide their own preferences and not insert themselves anywhere.

It's even a duty.

Will we judge based on the topics covered?

They are the sovereign choice of editorial staff and can hardly be classified (couldn’t the left…

This article is reserved for subscribers.

You have 90% left to discover.

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