Posted on 06/25/2023 9:03:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) - France’s flagship Sunday newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), was not published this Sunday after its staff went on strike to protest against the nomination of a new editor-in-chief who worked for a far-right magazine.
The newspaper’s owner, French media group Lagardere on Friday named Geoffroy Lejeune as JDD's new editor-in-chief, succeeding Jerome Begle who left for Paris Match.
Lejeune is the former head of magazine Valeurs Actuelles, which has courted controversy with anti-immigrant covers and was fined for racist insult in 2022.
The company already owns news channel CNews, which has taken a conservative turn since Bollore took control. Anti-immigration and hardline law-and-order comments made by some of its talk show hosts regularly inflame social media, drawing comparisons with U.S. channel Fox News.
The head of international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders denounced what he said was a "brutal method" to assert shareholder control over the newsroom that contradicted "the basic rules of journalism".
The JDD editorial association said in a statement it was "stunned" by Lejeune’s nomination. "Under Geoffroy Lejeune, Valeurs Actuelles spread hateful attacks and fake news. We refuse that the JDD follows this path."
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It’s because they don’t want their Marxist agenda exposed.
was not published this Sunday after its staff went on strike to protest against the nomination of a new editor-in-chief who worked for a far-right magazine.
Right or far right?
From Wiki:
“In the period of 2001-2002, Le Journal du Dimanche had a circulation of 275,000 copies.[4] Its 2009, circulation was 269,000 copies.[1] Between January and December 2010, the paper had a circulation of 257,280 copies.[2]
In 2020, Le Journal du Dimanche had a circulation of 151,007 copies.[6]”
Looks like time to fire everyone who walked out and replace them with people who write articles others want to read.
“Far right”, a mantle of glory for anyone opposing the Marxist’s.
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