The journalist and former communications advisor to François Hollande Claude Sérillon presents Thursday in "It feels good" his new book, "Journal 2020".
In the preface to this one, he castigates the notion of journalistic objectivity.
A point of view that goes against the old principles of journalism, which he supports Thursday at the microphone of Anne Roumanoff.
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"Strive for objectivity".
This principle, increasingly questioned, has long been one of the cornerstones of journalism studies.
A basic principle that the journalist, and former communications advisor to François Hollande, Claude Sérillon attacks in the preface to his new book,
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He explains why, Thursday at the microphone of Anne Roumanoff, on the occasion of his invitation to present his new book in the program
Ça fait du bien
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"It is not uncommon to indulge in putting words on anger or emotions, as it is proven that objectivity does not exist. And fortunately," he wrote in his preface.
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"Everything is subjective"
A questioning of the notion of objectivity which applies, according to him, also to journalists.
"There is no objective information," he said.
Claude Sérillon explains that it is impossible for a human being to take a full and complete distance from the environment that determines him.
"You have culture, you have a religion, you have family, you have ideas, you have desires, emotions," recalls the journalist.
"So obviously every once in a while they pop into your writing."
"Everything is subjective. To pretend to objectivity is a vast lie," he adds.
For Claude Sérillon, this lack of journalistic objectivity is not a bad thing, on the contrary.
"Objectivity was a recommendation, almost a duty, in totalitarian, communist or other countries. Information had to be objective," he observes.
The loss of speed of this ancient sacrosanct principle would therefore not be a bad thing.