Analyzing Ideological Bias in French Television: A Focus on Plateau Programs and Guest Affiliations

2023-07-22 06:30:00

However, the so-called “plateau” programs on CNews or C8 are often singled out, in particular by the authors of the French Senate reportas “highlighting regular or permanent guests, but who do not have an explicit political affiliation. No authority is qualified to characterize without risk of contestation the ideological biases of such and such a“.

Thus, between July 3 and 9, the Liberation newspaper noted the five-time participation of Jean Messiha, “ex-close friend of Marine Le Pen and spokesperson for Éric Zemmour in 2022, initiator of the kitty in favor of the policeman who killed young Nahel on June 27“, or that on four occasions of the lawyer Gilles-William Goldnadel, “neoconservative“, according to which Rosa Parks was “close to Black Panther terrorism”.

For Alexis Lévrier, it would be necessary to be able to take more into account the interventions of these guests, often qualified as political columnists on these channels, because this word is now used wrongly and through: “ARCOM is obviously not intended to define which journalists are on the right or on the left, but when a speaker does not have a press card, we should know his commitments, his possible affiliations, and if necessary be able to count his word.“.

The CSA considered that CNews had gone too far when Éric Zemmour was still a columnist on the channel. As of September 9, 2021, his speaking time has been counted because “Mr. Zemmour might now be regarded, both by his positions and his actions, and by the comments to which they give rise, as an actor in the national political debate.“.

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