Also author of the book Sports journalism. Sociology of a dominated specialty published by Presses Universitaires de Rennes (to read for free and legally here), it helps us understand the journey of media actors moving from sport to political commentary, particularly on the far-right.
Pascal Praud, Daniel Riolo, Frédéric Hermel, Estelle Denis or even the deputy of the Renaissance parliamentary group Karl Olive: so many profiles which from Canal + to BFM TVthe CNews (ex-ITélé) to Europe 1 and RTL has RMC give voice to reactionary columnists, sometimes taking up their ideas. After 20 years spent on TF1 Then LCI Pascal Praud presents “It’s disputed” on ITele from September 2014.
He then hands the microphone to Éric Zemmour who in this program “confronts” Nicolas Domenach. Its current show “L'Heure des pros” produces a racist discourse by, for example, attributing the resurgence of bedbugs on September 29, 2023 to immigration or by asserting through the voice of Ivan Rioufol that the Warsaw ghetto was ” first a hygienist place to protect against typhus” on 1is February 2022.
Estelle Midi led by Estelle Denis assisted by Daniel Riolo and Frédéric Hermel develops anti-strike thinking as in 2022 during the movements at the SNCFin refineries, at Renault or at EDF. She finally lets Zemmourian muse Juliette Briens, also a regular guest on “Touche pas à mon poste” speak !” on C8 and the Radio Courtoisie morning show “Ligne Droite”.
Sport as a media transmission belt for the far-right ? Karim Souanef will tell us, among other things, about the accumulation of income linked to audiovisual broadcasting rights for sport, which represents a significant financial windfall.
