The cup was full.
It overflowed on February 13.
By rendering its decision on CNews, forcing the audiovisual policeman to scrutinize the pluralism and independence of the information and debate channel, the Council of State caused a shock wave of which it did not had not anticipated the scale.
The excitement went far beyond the Bolloré group's media.
The entire media Landerneau is concerned about a decision which, based on the 1986 law, obliges Arcom to strictly control the “
pluralism of currents of thought
” within the television channel, and not only regarding political guests.
Implicit in this is the specter of ideological labeling of debaters, columnists and journalists speaking on stage.
Enough to undermine freedom of expression and editorial freedom.
A “
first step into a nightmarish, Orwellian and sanitized world, where all thoughts would be identified and monitored by public authorities
”, worries M François-Henri…
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