He propelled his candidacy through the media, but that did not prevent Eric Zemmour from attacking them, Monday, January 10, during his greetings to the press. The far-right candidate accused journalists of being against him and of no longer being independent.
It is usually a benevolent parenthesis between a candidate and the journalists who follow him on a daily basis. But Eric Zemmour turned his New Year’s greetings into a shooting range against the press, reports Julien chavanne from the political service of RFI: ” Who doesn’t love you? The people, my good friends. And unfortunately, he’s right to blame you. The people are angry. He says a lot of bad things about you behind your back. “
For the ex-journalist, salvation would go through social networks, where controversies and false information thrive. “ The new priests who are the journalists have, with the Internet, lost the monopoly of the interpretation of the news and of the world, the candidate continues. I see it as a tremendous victory for democracy and freedom against ideology. “
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Criticize the press for a specific purpose
In his viewfinder, special mention to the public media, of which RFI is part: ” The public service will no longer spit on the taxpayer every day at breakfast. He will no longer slap the real one every night at 8 p.m. “
All platforms are open to him, dozens of journalists cover each of his outings, but Eric Zemmour knows it, criticizing the press pays off, when you flirt with a radical electorate. Others did it before him. Francois Fillon, in 2017, made journalists whistle in his meetings, presenting himself as a victim of the media. Five years later, Éric Zemmour is riding the same populist wave.