Is media independence threatened in France?

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12/13 info welcomes Valentine Oberti, co-responsible for the video division at Médiapart, and Rémy Buisine, journalist at Brut. The two journalists come to talk about the state of information in France.

Asked about the launch of a major project to defend free information, Valentine Oberti waiting to know more”. “There are plenty of things to change (…) I have more reason to be worried than to be hopeful, because if I list the moves boutoir to the attack on freedom since Emmanuel Macron, there has a lot of it”, specifies the Médiapart journalist. “There are issues that are extremely important, with subjects to be put on the table”continues Rémy Buisine.

“Media hyperconcentration”

Asked what happened at JDDValentine Oberti denounces “L’hyperconcentration medias”with Vincent Bolloré. “He conquers to impose an editorial line (…) it is Vincent Bolloré who proposes Eric Zemmour to become a daily columnist”, she says. Behind Zemmour’s progress, there is Vincent Bolloréthis is what the “Media Crash” document reveals.An independent media is a media that only serves itself, and not private interests. Doubt is allowed when we hear Vincent Bolloré, Bernard Arnault, Patrick Drahi”concludes the Médiapart journalist.


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