This Thursday, February 29, Pascal Praud, Laurence Ferrari and Sonia Mabrouk were interviewed at the National Assembly.
The channel on which they operate is in the sights of Arcom, which asked the Council of State to strengthen control of the information channel of Vincent Bolloré's group.
A long hearing broadcast on LCP, the parliamentary news channel.
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The lack of moderation on their sets is one of the criticisms addressed to CNews journalists by the rapporteur.
“I do 36 and a half hours of broadcasting per day, so roughly 60 hours of broadcasting per month,”
argues Pascal Praud who also speaks on behalf of his colleagues.
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“We may not be focused enough at that moment, not vigilant enough, for many reasons and that's all the moderator's job. It is our mission to moderate all comments. Every time we make a mistake because we don't moderate something on set, we blame ourselves and it happens, unfortunately because we are human beings
,” the journalist then concedes.
The world of information has changed »
Pascal Praud at the National Assembly
The lack of pluralism is also at the heart of this hearing.
Here again, Pascal Praud defends his channel:
“There is always the fact which is reported by a report, after this factual part, there is the analysis, the decryption and the commentary”
.
The journalist then emphasizes that
“the world of information has changed”
.
“At 8 a.m. you no longer learn anything, they already know everything. Which was not true 30 years ago
,” he explains before adding:
“If you just be purely factual and a news reader, you won't teach people Nothing.
So we must provide them with a perspective on the polemic and the controversy which allows for a pluralistic exchange that freedom and freedom of expression allows
.
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