In France, one in five French people is affected by a disability. But in the media, what is their place? To answer this question of the representativity, a charter was signed Tuesday to the Superior council of audio-visual (CSA) by a large part of the leaders of the French audio-visual one, in the presence of Edouard Philippe and the Minister of the Culture, Franck Riester.
"Give another image of people with disabilities"
"This charter is intended to mobilize all audiovisual actors to voluntarily engage them," said Roch-Olivier Maistre, president of the CSA, in Culture-Media, on Europe 1. "This charter must also allow better accessibility to the media and give another image of people with disabilities. Many leaders had moved to engage. Among them, Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, Gilles Pélisson, the boss of TF1, Nicolas de Tavernost for M6, Maxime Saada of Canal +, or Constance Benqué, the vice-president of Europe1.
A barometer of diversity
"The audiovisual media have responsibilities of a societal nature," said Roch-Olivier Maistre, who emphasized why the regulator and the media had a role to play in helping to promote better exposure for people with disabilities.
The media are still far from being able to congratulate themselves for posting a faithful representation of disabled on the antenna or face camera, but to believe the president of the CSA, things progress. "Every year we do a diversity barometer that looks at how the media covers all diversity issues, including the place of all people with disabilities, and there is still room for improvement and important changes to be made. , but the society evolves and the media too ", congratulates Roch-Olivier Maistre.