Florence Aubenas on extreme voting, “France from below” and the media: “Every time, we seem to fall from our chairs”

Social networks, a recent phenomenon, bring their daily share of unbridled words, misinformation and political interference. According to the Alex Reed of our morning, however, they can therefore turn out to be “a very good thing”. Who sees it “means of recalling the rules and the raison d’être of our job as a journalist”… “Many people who thought they had no right to speak took it […] and it allows us to see how much this word was contained”.

A word that “has been brewing for a long time”. And the journalist adds: “This violence comes from the fact that people felt gagged, unable to speak” she notes. “It will calm down on its own but it forces us, us journalists, to question ourselves regarding it. Who are we? What are our rules? Our ways of working? What do we bring from more to express yourself in a newspaper than to make a tweet or a Facebook post?”

This violence comes from the fact that people felt gagged, unable to speak

Thomas Gadisseux and Florence Aubenas to talk regarding freedom of expression. Takeover of twitter by Elon Muskprotected media “by strong arms” during demonstrations of yellow vests – “I thought I would never experience that in France” says the journalist “-, impressive influence of channels such as the Russians of RT (” Russia Today “) on part of the population…

“Today, the real problem of the press is that we are drowned in information. How to make our way?” And to point the finger at misinformation that sometimes comes from the top of the state itself (Donald Trump, Sibeth Ndiaye pour E. Macron…)