Mondays are political Rex of Sarlat. The idea according to the managers is to “to restore meaning to the cinema, a place of exchange, debate and diversity”. Thus, every week documentaries and fictions are offered in the presence of contributors with whom we engage in dialogue.
– The Rex Sarlat
Monday, February 21, 2022, it’s the documentary Media Crash which is projected.
Released on Wednesday, it is not broadcast in all cities or all cinemas. A tour has been launched in certain establishments, such as the Rex in Sarlat, where you can meet people who have worked directly or indirectly on this challenging film.
Monday’s session will be in the presence of Michael Hajdenbergwho like Valentine Oberti is a journalist at Mediapart.
Media Crash, an interpellation film
There is what we see, what we want to see, says the trailer. In this documentary, we discuss the great concentration of private media. Pressures are shown, editorial line arrangements,… “The idea has been germinating for a long time at Médiapart to deal with the question of the media and their concentration in a documentary. Médiapart was created 13 years ago on the observation of the concentration of the media and on the observation of the need to having independent media. So it was pretty normal or obvious for us to deal with this subject”explains Valentine Oberti.
According to the journalist, there is a democratic double emergency. “There is the presidential election and we wanted to include this documentary in this agenda so that the debate on the media takes hold. And then, because we are in a media context which is increasingly concentrated, hyper-concentrated with Vincent Bolloré and his insatiable appetite for the media, he is in the process of making a takeover bid for Lagardère. And then there is the TF1 and M6 merger that is looming….”
Cyril Hanouna’s shows promote Eric Zemmour?
More surprisingly, we learn that in the emissions of Cyril Hanouna (Do not touch My TV) political ideas are shown, often from the same side, even though the show is meant to be entertainment.
“We realize that Cyril Hanouna is propelling the candidacy ofEric Zemmour. Our sequence revolves around the work of a researcher who has watched all TPMP programs since the start of the school year. Over the entire pre-campaign period, from September to December, she was able to quantify and show that when TPMP deals with political subjects, half the time, these are subjects related to the extreme right. It’s downright disproportionate to other political forces. I would add that the way Éric Zemmour is presented in TPMP is very favorable to him. Cyril Hanouna even goes so far as to broadcast short videos produced by Eric Zemmour exclusively for the show, videos that are similar to propaganda”.
Why is it important to be well informed?
“We often make a comparison like junk food. Junk food has an impact on health. When we eat badly, we are in bad health. Bad information has an impact on democracy. When we are badly informed, we are not in a democracy that is going well”
Media Crash explains why freedom of the press matters
“It’s important because in fact, it’s about our daily life and our choices and the country we live in. It’s a democratic issue. That’s what I’m defending. Me, it’s not not the right of journalists. _It is the right of citizens to be properly informed_. If you are well informed, you will be able to make choices”