Media Culture guests on Europe 1, Thursday, the insubordinate France's political communication officer, Antoine Léaument, and the deputy director of L'Obs, Sylvain Courage, debate the party's decision not to give the right to journalists from Yann Barthès' program to follow the meetings and the travels of the deputy from Marseille.

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This is an additional episode of the conflict between insubordinate France and Daily , broadcast on TMC: Sunday, Jean-Luc Melenchon announced that journalists talk show Yann Barths would no longer be allowed to follow his meetings and travel. The MP for Marseille justifies his decision by saying that the show has allowed the trial of several cadres of the party, after the episode of the eventful searches.

Guests of Philippe Vandel Media Culture in Europe 1 on Thursday, the head of political communication of the rebellious France, Antoine Léaument, and deputy director of L'Observateur, Sylvain Courage, discussed these always tension between the party and some journalists, with several questions addressed: did Daily have to transmit all the images shot during the searches? Should insubordinate France punish journalists in this way? Are Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the other Rogue people right to advocate an ethics council for journalists?

LFI denounces "systematic trials"

For Antoine Léaument, the case is heard: the journalists of Quotidien "do not do journalism, they make political militancy" by selecting the moments of the search where Jean-Luc Mélenchon is angry with the authorities. And as the collaborators of Daily "do harm to the work of journalist", "we decided to set a limit because at one time, we are fed up with this issue makes systematic trials," denounces the one who is in control digital tools available to the party.

"LFI has proposed to Quotidien filming the search," says Sylvain Courage, L'Obs . "There is a lot of entertainment in what Everyday is doing, but there is also some denunciation of the artifices of political communication, which is a big problem for politicians." "They behaved like auxiliaries of the police, (...) they show only the worst images", rises on the contrary Antoine Léaument, who does not hesitate to compare the decision of LFI with that of the Élysée of no longer accredit RT Today, media directly linked to the Kremlin.

" Broadcasting rushes is finally a good thing "

Daily broadcast all the images of the search on September 11, while the stormy search of the premises of the insubordinate France was conducted on October 18, 2018, and a topic aired in the show the same evening. "The broadcast of rushes is ultimately a good thing," said Sylvain Courage, according to which " Daily could perhaps make his subjects" on one side and broadcast all images in parallel.

An ethics council, a "tool" or a "ministry"?

But the tension between insubordinate France and journalists is not limited to an isolated episode. Jean-Luc Mélenchon has expressed for several years the need to attack the media: "attacks can the media can serve my fight," he theorized in the journal Charles in 2013. "The media party is a key component of the process of the judicial war, "he wrote Sunday, on his blog.

The case allowed France insubordinate to revive the idea of ​​framing a profession abused in the public opinion. "The ethics council exists in many countries and is a tool for citizens to criticize the media," says Antoine Léaument. "Jean-Luc Mélenchon would like to supervise journalists," replies Sylvain Courage. "We end up with a ministry of information, it is not at all the French tradition." Can this frontal war strategy with journalists pay politically? "He wants to take over and control the media. This is unacceptable and it will lead nowhere the" predicts the deputy director of L'Observateur.