Some of Donald Trump’s outrageous lies during the debate against Kamala Harris invite us to reflect on how our popular culture approaches mythomania.
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The electoral lie is a classic figure. And the only thing that can console lies during electoral campaigns in democratic nations is that we hear even more lies in dictatorships.
But Thierry le Luron, who in 1979 targeted President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing by parodying a song by Julien Clerc, would not have imagined the extent and aplomb of Donald Trump’s lies during the campaign. We told you about it this week on France Info, he claimed during his televised debate with Kamala Harris that in the city of Springfield, Ohio, Haitian immigrants eat the dogs, cats and pets of the population.
In the first episode of These songs that make the news This weekend you will hear excerpts from:
Thierry Le Luron, Lie, 1979
Donald Trump during the election debate, September 10, 2024
Thierry Le Luron, Lie, 1979
Kernoa, Mythomaniac, 1978
Rock, Mythomane.fr, 2015
Julien Doré, In your dreams, 2008
Albin of the Simone, My mythomaniac friend, 2008
Carmen Maria Vega, The Liar, 2009
Boby Lapointe, You didn’t, you didn’t say everything, 1964
Red Cross, Mythomaniac, 2015
Clarika, I lie, 2005
Etienne Daho, Mythomaniac, 1981
Lucienne Delyle, My lover from Saint-Jean, 1942
Jeanne Moreau, The Lies, 1963
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