LCI recruits a former minister, "Current woman" is getting a makeover, Michel Drucker hospitalized and what a return for Laurent Ruquier

The arrival on LCI of a former presidential candidate.

She announced it this weekend at JDD, Ségolène Royal has agreed to become a debater on the TF1 group's news channel.

The 2007 presidential candidate will appear regularly on LCI in the program "In full frankness", broadcast every Sunday at 6 pm.

It is the journalist Amélie Carrouer who hosts this program.

She first questions a political guest, then leads a debate between two personalities.

Ségolène Royal took her first steps in the show this Sunday.

She joined a team of commentators which notably includes Luc Ferry or Daniel Cohn-Bendit.

The former ambassador of the poles explained to the JDD what had pushed her to accept the proposal: "I find it interesting, in view of the questions which cross our society, to participate in a moment of fundamental intellectual debate".

She had been dismissed from her post precisely because of her stance, right?

Yes, it was last January.

It must be said that Ségolène Royal had been very critical of the government, leaving behind the duty of reserve imposed by her function.

At the time, she commented on Twitter: "I take note of my dismissal because I choose my freedom of speech".

She will therefore be able to exercise this freedom of speech on LCI.

Did the media mishandle the coverage of the Covid pandemic?

In any case, this is what a majority of French people think, if we are to believe a study carried out by ViaVoice for the Assises du journalisme de Tours and several titles including "Le JDD".

It was posted this weekend and it is not kind to the media.

60% of French people believe they have talked too much about the pandemic in recent months.

10% on the contrary find that they have not talked enough about it.

Between the two, only 25% of those questioned found the coverage of the health situation balanced.

In addition, 43% of French people believe that the media have fueled fear vis-à-vis the pandemic and 32% that they have exploited it to gain an audience.

Regarding the content of the information relayed by the media, the French find 50% that it was "anxiety-provoking", 45% "excessive" and 28% downright "catastrophist".

TikTok was rescued in extremis in the United States last night.

The application of short videos, very popular with young people, should have been banned from downloading this Sunday following a presidential decree, but a Washington judge suspended its application.

He underlined during the hearing the “irrational” aspect of the decree and considered that the ban would be “unprecedented”.

TikTok is not saved, however, it is the decree as such that has been suspended, not the ban on downloading the application in the United States.

It remains for the time fixed for November 12th.

Until then, Chinese owners of TikTok can move forward with software giant Oracle and retail giant Walmart.

The three parties are working on the creation of a US entity to manage TikTok's activities in the United States.

This Monday, "Current woman" makes its comeback with a new formula.

The end of summer rhymes with something new for the women's weekly.

"Current woman" is the leading female media brand in France.

If we add the press and digital, it's 25 million readers and Internet users per month.

Louise Bernard went to ask its editor, Julien Lamury, why it was necessary to give the magazine a facelift.

Julien Lamury says it clearly, digital is obviously becoming more and more important, for many years.

This new formula of "Current Woman" is therefore an evolution in form, with a new layout for the paper magazine, but also in substance, to continue to be close to women 35 years after the magazine's launch.

Michel Drucker's return to school has been postponed.

We learned this Sunday in "Le Parisien", the host underwent heart surgery this Saturday in a hospital in the capital, after spending a week in the establishment.

The daily reveals that Michel Drucker encountered shortness of breath this summer, during his vacation.

He underwent tests and it was these tests that revealed the need for the operation.

No connection with Covid-19 since it was a question of unblocking his coronary arteries, responsible for irrigating his heart, in order to avoid any risk of heart attack.

Do we know how he's doing?

Delphine Ernotte, the boss of France Televisions, told the "Parisian" that the intervention went well: "He is combative and morale is good. It will be a shock for his audience, but he wants to reassure everyone the world".

But obviously, it will take time to get back on its feet, hence the need to postpone its re-entry.

The first issue of "Vivement dimanche" was to be recorded this Friday for a broadcast on October 18th.

This recording has obviously been canceled.

Do we know when he'll be back?

For now, a priori, nobody knows.

During his absence, France 2 announced that it would offer reruns of "Vivement dimanche".

The channel has over 700 shows in stock, so there's plenty to do.

And Michel Drucker can take as long as necessary for his convalescence.

We stay on France 2 to talk about the return of Laurent Ruquier, it was Saturday evening at 11:30 pm.

Gone are the credits "In the Shadows" of Rasmus.

Saturday, the host was in charge of the first number of his new magazine, which has the difficult task of succeeding "We are not lying".

After fifteen seasons, the talk show produced by Catherine Barma had lost its luster, and saw its audiences erode very clearly.

For the first, Laurent Ruquier interviewed face to face with the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupont-Moretti, then Jean-Marc Généreux, talked about theater with Bernard Campan and Isabelle Carré or even received Catherine Ringer for a tribute to Juliette Greco.

The host also organized a debate on freedom of expression with four cartoonists, the day after the attack near the former premises of Charlie Hebdo.

And level audiences, what did it give?

It didn't work out badly.

On the counter, just over 800,000 viewers, for 13.3% of audience share, it is an encouraging score.

To put all this in perspective, we are far from the heyday of "We are not lying", where the show exceeded 20% audience share.

But with the exception of the very last program, where there was a real effect of curiosity and the return of Léa Salamé or even Jonathan Lambert, "We are live" does better than the rather sad end of the season of "On is not lying ".

As a reminder, at the end of June, the show had dropped to 550,000 viewers and less than 8% audience share.