The pill still doesn't work.
Two days after the decision by the Council of State which asked Arcom, the audiovisual policeman, to better control and enforce a plurality of opinions on CNews, a news channel marked rather to the right, the president of the RN, like other political leaders in his camp before him, takes issue with what he considers to be an ideological double standard.
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In an interview with JDD, published Thursday evening, Jordan Bardella criticizes a
“demand for pluralism with variable geometry”
, which is
“not acceptable”
.
“If this reinforced control is exercised over CNews, it must also be exercised for the public service
,” analyzes the nationalist MEP, who has also contacted the regulator on this issue.
And to continue his charge against the programs of certain radio stations or television channels, financed with taxpayer money.
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“We cannot impose strict control on a private channel, and at the same time leave the public service in a permanent trap that today no one can contest
,” mocks the boss of the flame party.
Who urges Arcom to
“put an end”
to this doctrinal bubble.
“Every day, public broadcasting stations broadcast programs without any form of pluralism, and that doesn't worry anyone
,” the 28-year-old manager continues.
The “defense of real pluralism”
According to him,
“certain shows make political combat their leitmotif.”
A way for Jordan Bardella, whose party's relations with the press have sometimes been stormy, to become the standard bearer for certain journalists.
By denouncing, after the decision of the highest administrative court, a
“serious attack, not only on freedom of expression, but also on freedom of the press.”
Affirming that the counting of speaking time on the air must be done, as is the case, according to the partisan affiliation associated with a political guest, Jordan Bardella therefore questions the transposition of the rules for columnists or the editorialists:
“How will Arcom define the political orientation of journalists?
On what criteria?
Are they going to file journalists?
And if on the public service, there are only left-wing journalists, columnists and guests, will they ask for a rebalancing with speakers of other political colors?
These questions are all the more relevant, according to him, as the request made to Arcom is against the
“defense of real pluralism”
, undermining
“the confidence of the French”
in the media.