Paris (AFP)

Political programs, reinforced fight against disinformation, but also new tele-hook for Nagui and return of Thierry Ardisson: France Télévisions unveiled Tuesday a 2021-2022 grid placed under the sign of the presidential election, without forgetting to renew its entertainment.

For this electoral year, the public audiovisual group is making the "triple bet of transparency (...) of innovation and debate", declared its president, Delphine Ernotte, during a press conference.

"Quite worried about the very strong mistrust of the media", she "condemned" the attacks against journalists during the demonstrations against the health pass.

France Televisions will continue to go "on the ground" to "re-establish dialogue", insisted Laurent Guimier, its news director.

Succeeding "You have the floor", "Elysée 2022" will be the major political meeting of France 2 one Thursday per month, always under the leadership of the duo Léa Salamé-Thomas Sotto.

There will be added the "8:22 p.m.", a big interview following on from the 8 p.m., led by Anne-Sophie Lapix, with Nathalie Saint-Cricq and the young Mohamed Bouhafsi, former star football journalist from RMC.

The Franceinfo channel (channel 27), which celebrates its 5th anniversary on September 1, will also put itself in order of battle, promising to privilege "facts, decryption and interactivity with the French" at a time when the media model of opinion carried by CNews infuses the audiovisual sector.

Another field of action, the web and social networks, notably with "La République, c'est toi", a new format intended for young Tik Tok users who are far removed from traditional media.

The public group is also relying on France.tv's "The revealers", a new verification structure entirely dedicated to false images.

Tired news viewers will also be able to turn to new entertainment and magazines.

Nagui will host "The Artist" every week in the first part of the evening, a live tele-hook dedicated to singer-songwriters for whom the public will be able to vote - free of charge.

The season must also mark the great return of Thierry Ardisson to the public service on France 3 with "Hotel du temps", a program in which he will interview personalities ... deceased, like Jean Gabin, thanks to artificial intelligence .

Faustine Bollaert will also host "Les temps changent", a program of testimonies in the vein of "That is discussed" by Jean-Luc Delarue.

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