Political journalism in a bubble.
« Cyprien, you reveal to us information that will make noise, Apolline de Malherbe stands at the RMC microphone. Louis Sarkozy, son of the former President, enters politics! » (11/12) A great connoisseur of the Parisian media microcosm, the main interviewer of the Rodolphe Saadé group was – unfortunately – right: the “news” is what the press screening celebrities (Gala, PublicPurepeople, etc.) as well as the small world of political journalists, where information is so valued that any non-event is guaranteed a de facto political future.
Eight months after he published a completely tasteless comment on an interview with Louis Sarkozy at the Financial Times [1], Liberty so he feels obliged to make a headline about the “exclusivity” of RMC: “Get ready: Louis Sarkozy wants to enter politics” (12/12). Because the article in question, “Chez Pol”, is entirely dedicated to “ auscult[r] “THE” spicy indiscretions, raw clumsiness or sweet confessions » stirring up the political world…
And from the mass media to the mass media, from polls to mimicry, we are gradually capitalizing: “We spent the evening with Louis Sarkozy and the Young Republicans in a bar in Paris” (The Point15/12); “Meetings with ministers, media coverage… As Louis Sarkozy declares his political ambition” (West of France14/12); « Like father, like son: Louis Sarkozy enters politics » (France Inter, 16/12); “Hardly launched into politics, Louis Sarkozy got what many people already knew about him: “He’s under his belt” (Gala16/12).
Visibility and notoriety of the media as two criteria that are absolutely essential for any political career being made, we can already confirm that this media – historical and tireless supporters of the Sarkozy family – is at the forefront of the son’s capital … and for the father’s nepotism. Most of the audio-visual troops will follow sooner or later: Louis Sarkozy’s book (on Napoleon) is ” currently being translated by a major French publisher » (says the Fondation Napoléon). Tick, tock, tick, tock… morning radio and TV magazines don’t seem far away anymore. We will have no doubts but who will compete in the world to the surprise that Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine showed in front of Louis Sarkozy in “C à vous”… five years ago: ” We can see that you read a lot. You are very cultured! » ; « How well he speaks! » ; « Your mother says she sees a political future for you, no, but it’s in your blood, really, Louis! »
Pauline Perrenot
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