He is one of Cyril Hanouna's new recruits in “Face à Hanouna” at the weekend:
Julien Odoul
, 38, spokesperson for the National Rally and deputy for Yonne.
He was invited to the “Buzz TV” set this Thursday to discuss his new audiovisual activity for which he receives no remuneration.
“
I am a political guest, and I am not a columnist, so I am not paid by the channel.
It is contrary to all ethics and that is very good,
” explains the person concerned before recalling that “
political guests, when they attend a program or a debate, are not paid by the channels
”.
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“
It's good that there is this difference and this border so that we don't also wonder if, ultimately, the elective mandate is not exploited by this media or that channel
,” continues the politician.
I come to express the words of my movement, our proposals.
I represent my voters, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, but in no case am I responding to an editorial line imposed by a media
,” he further assures.
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Cyril Hanouna regularly jokes about the private lives of his columnists, Julien Odoul is prepared for this.
“
We can joke and say serious things.
I don't mind a little lightness.
I have a frankness and a freedom of tone that I allow myself.
I am not a fan of elements of language while being faithful to the line of my party and my president
,” replies this young father of a 9-month-old child who nevertheless sets limits for himself: “
I am not there to do circus and shows.
I'm not going to get naked on the table.
That's not my role.
I have to maintain a certain gravity even if we can laugh and clash with Gilles Verdez quite easily
,” he says with humor.
“There are France 5 broadcasts where the RN is practically never invited”
Julien Odoul, spokesperson for the National Rally
Julien Odoul is a regular on the sets of another Canal+ group channel, CNews, notably on Jean-Marc Morandini's morning show.
However, it doesn't feel like home.
“
I don’t have to feel like family.
I am with family in my political movement.
When I go on this channel, what is certain is that I always have contradictions
, he says.
It has never happened to me, on a CNews set, to be with people who think exactly the same thing.
No one ever serves me soup and, moreover, the only set where I was in difficulty was opposite Laurence Ferrari, after
the veil affair in 2019
, in “Punchline”,
he remembers .
As a result, she made me feel uncomfortable and was very offensive and virulent.
I was very angry with him
.”
And to summarize: “
On CNews, there is debate, there are communists, socialists.
All ideas can be expressed, this is not necessarily the case when I go to public service
,” underlines the regional councilor of Burgundy-Franche-Comté.
According to Julien Odoul, “
it’s not the same atmosphere in public service
”.
“
There are programs where we (the RN) are practically never invited, in debates on France 5 in particular: “C ce soir”, “C l’hebdo”... Everything that starts with “C” and where we can have debates for two hours on the National Rally without someone from the National Rally.
They will accuse us of being extreme right, of fascist, they will say all the bad things that people think of us and there will never be a contradiction
,” regrets the one for whom the “
public service leans very clearly to the left
”.
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Finally, Julien Odoul considers
the recent decision of the Council of State to strengthen control of CNews “
extremely serious ”.
The speaking time of columnists could be deducted.
“
We are arriving at a drift of total control where we will dissect the thoughts, the votes, the sensitivities of each person.
If I take the example of Robert Ménard, we classify him in which category?
, he asks.
He is someone elected thanks to the votes of the National Rally who nevertheless today defends Emmanuel Macron and who is an adversary of the National Rally.
Are we going to seek out all the youth commitments of the columnists?
, he asks again.
It's totally crazy.
Yes, we must count the speaking time of political leaders but each media must be able to be free to have the columnists they want.
Otherwise, we are entering a totally Soviet regime
.”