A fine media observer, Patrick Menais draws the substance out of it every day in the "Vu" program, after having done so for many years with the "Zapping" of Canal +.
Guest of Pascale Clark in "Media Culture" Thursday, he is worried about an increased drift of certain media towards populism and xenophobia assumed and without filters, on the model of the American channel Fox News.
INTERVIEW
Is part of the French media drifting towards a demagogue and xenophobic discourse?
This is the opinion, and the concern of Patrick Menais, who considers that this evolution of the media is one of the markers of the year 2020. Creator of the fire
Zapping
, he continues to observe French television in order to deliver a spicy summary in
Vu
on France 3. A special issue year 2020 is broadcast Thursday at 20:44 on France 3. Guest of
Culture Médias
Thursday, Patrick Menais denounces the "foxisation" of part of the French media.
With this neologism, Patrick Menais points to the reconciliation of part of the French media to the editorial line of their colleague Fox News.
"It is an American news channel which made Trump grow in the United States and which brought his ideas, if he has any", specifies the creator of
Zapping
.
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In 2020, debates on the death penalty
The journalist, who targets CNews in particular, is worried about the violence of the debates.
But also selected themes, to say the least not very progressive.
"Today, we are debating the death penalty, with a former member of the CSA. We invite climate-revisionists," he cites as an example.
"I have been observing the field of imaging for over 30 years now. And today there is much to be concerned about."
But the
Vu program
, by highlighting these contents, doesn't it play the game of these channels?
"For ten words, I take one", defends Patrick Menais.
"I'm just trying to echo the TV. I'm a reflection of what's being said on the screens, like it says at the start of the show. So I really don't think I'm overplaying that."
The observation is shared beyond the world of the media.
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