"Media and terrorism": the trial of the November 13 attacks
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Sketch of the accused Salah Abdeslam, during the trial of the November 13 attacks in Paris, September 8, 2021. © AFP / Benoît Peyrucq
By: Steven Jambot Follow |
Laurie Plisson
23 mins
The trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 opened in early September in Paris.
Jean-Paul Marthoz, journalist and director of the “Media and terrorism” module at the Catholic University of Louvain, explains the complexity of covering the hearings.
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In the previous issue of
The Media Workshop
, we saw
the impact that the September 11 attacks had on journalism
, the dissemination of information online and in particular how they were at the origin of the creation of Google News.
This week, we continue on issues of journalism and terrorism as the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 takes place in Paris.
Jean-Paul Marthoz
, columnist for the Belgian daily
Le Soir
and director of the Media and Terrorism module at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
In an
interview with the newspaper
La Croix
, he warned: “
The media must be careful not to be the megaphones of the accused.
"
At the microphone of
the media workshop
, he explains the precautions that journalists covering the trial must take.
The conversation continues on the positioning of journalists in the face of terrorism, their coverage and their perception by the public.
Jean-Paul Marthoz is the author of a handbook for journalists entitled
The Media in the Face of Terrorism,
published in 2017 by the Unesco press.
A new version is coming soon.
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At the end of the program,
Mondoblog audio
plays the voice of
Mariamar Védrine Conon
.
In her posts, this Beninese feminist activist pushes for the extension of the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy.
Because if abortion is authorized today in Benin, it is in a very restricted framework.
However, many women resort to abortion outside of this framework, in hiding.
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