The Les Républicains (LR) party and elected officials from the National Rally (RN) attacked on Monday July 10 to defend CNews. The channel in the media fold of Vincent Bolloré is “very clearly on the far right” had denounced the day before the Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye.
LR called in a tweet to “protect freedom of expression”. “In the narrow minds of wokists, freedom of expression excludes freedom of thought. We give our unconditional support to the editorial staff of CNews and Europe 1! “, underlined the right-wing party.
On the far right, several elected RNs castigated the statement by the Minister of Education. “Shameful remarks by Pap Ndiaye who qualifies CNews and Europe 1 as far right. Instead of attacking media pluralism, the Minister of National Education should work to stop the constant decline in educational standards! “, reacted on Twitter Hélène Laporte, vice-president of the National Assembly.
His colleague, Caroline Parmentier, criticized the minister for casting “anathema on the channels and radios guilty of not serving Macron the soup. Stop these outrageous government pressures! “, she launched.
Journalist Laurence Ferrari, a figure of CNews, got carried away on the air in a diatribe multiplying the attacks, including personal ones, against the Minister of Education whom she accuses of “casting anathema on two editorial staff independent” without “substantiated argument”.
“Yes, CNews, it’s very clearly far-right”
On Sunday on Radio J, Pap Ndiaye attacked the media empire of Vincent Bolloré, a “character clearly very close to the most radical far right”.
“When you look at CNews, when you look at what has become of Europe 1, when you look at this set, the conclusion is obvious. Yes, CNews is very clearly far-right. I think they are hurting democracy, there is no doubt, “said the Minister of National Education.
Pap Ndiaye had shown his support for the “mobilization of JDD staff” on strike against the appointment as head of the Sunday weekly of Geoffroy Lejeune, a journalist close to Eric Zemmour and former editor of Current Values.