Prohibition of reading newspapers or online news sites, formal defense of consulting social networks, turning on the radio or television – with the exception of channel number sixteen of TNT (digital terrestrial TELEVISION) … For five days, Abel Mestre, journalist at World, made CNews its sole source of information. He watched the channel assiduously, between 9 a.m. and 21 a.m.
The objective of this experiment, conducted in January 2022, was to identify the functioning and ambitions of CNews, the main news channel of Vincent Bolloré’s group.
The Breton billionaire intends to influence the presidential campaign through his media empire. CNews also participated in the launch of one of the candidates, Eric Zemmour, former co-presenter of the show “Face à l’info”.
Is CNews campaigning for its former star columnist? What kind of worldview does one have when one is informed only by this channel? In this episode of “L’Heure du Monde”, Abel Mestre tells his experience and gives us his analysis.
An episode produced by Claire Leys, directed by Alexandre Ferreira and presented by Jean-Guillaume Santi.
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