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On June 10, on BFM-TV as in all media, it is time to look for the French who, the day before, during the European election, expressed their preference for the extreme right. In Chivy-les-Etouvelles (Aisne), the news channel’s reporting team came across Jean-Claude, a voter for the National Rally (RN). “The insecurity, everything we see… We can’t even go out anymore. You do not see ? You get stabbed…”justifies the fifty-year-old. “Not in Chivy!” »interrupts the mayor next to him. “Not in Chivy, no, but just look at the news, it’s scary!” »
Ten days later, on France 2, a report from the magazine “Envoyé spécial” shows the unleashing of racist hatred by a retired couple towards their neighbor, Divine Kinkela. “Who doesn’t respect France? »asks the journalist. “I see it on TV, I’m not stupid after all… replies Didier, RN activist. I see on TV how it happens. It’s the “Moustapha”, whatever you want. »
As has often been the case for twenty-two years and the accession of Jean-Marie Le Pen to the second round of the presidential election – at the time, TF1 was accused of having over-publicized the attack on a retiree from Orléans, “Paul Voise” −, the question comes back to haunt TV editorial staff: what responsibility should they take in the verdict of the ballot boxes? In fact, voices, including among journalists, underline the responsibility of television, radio and newspapers in the description of a France sticking closely to the political vision of the extreme right.
“Who is breeding ground for populism?thus asked the National Union of Journalists on June 18, at the opening of a social and economic committee at France Télévisions, in a completely rhetorical question. Who recently put a president of a far-right party on the same level as a prime minister on prime time? − an allusion to the debate between Jordan Bardella and Gabriel Attal, on May 23, on France 2. Who, using sidewalk microphones for a week, has been trying to explain to us the reasons for occasional anger even though it is deep? »
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Public broadcasting is not the only one asking questions. In the private media too, we examine our conscience, even if it means turning criticism towards our colleagues. “There is a deplorable way of treating current events, which does not call for reflection – unlike criticism, which is necessary – but a feelingnotes David Pujadas, presenter of “24H Pujadas”, on LCI. For example, I hear about the “suffering” of glaciers or a “drama” for sardines on the occasion of the establishment of a wind farm… If we are only in the emotion, we feed populism. »
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