A remark which made the journalists present sigh… Monday September 30, 2024, Marine Le Pen, suspected of having embezzled funds from the European Parliament to pay employees of the National Front, was at the Paris criminal court as part of the trial of affair. When the hearing was suspended, Marine Le Pen went out to stretch her legs. As Quotidien reported, on TMC, it was while she had journalists on her right that the politician blurted out: “Hey, on the left there are no journalists. But hey, This is a phrase that could be confusing!“.
Tuesday April 12, 2022, during a press conference in Vernon in Eure, the daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen spoke of her refusal to authorize the Quotidien team to participate in the electoral evening of the first round of the presidential election.
“There are no journalists at Quotidien.
If it’s just Quotidien… Quotidien, it’s not a news or journalists’ program. Everyday, he’s an entertainer. Sometimes very funny, in fact”.
Marine Le Pen: “When I decide, I take responsibility”
In complete transparency, the president of the National Rally had indicated that there were many people to be accredited and that they preferred “accredit journalists rather than entertainment programs”. On X (ex-Twitter), Christophe Castaner lamented: “The lessons of press freedom from Marine Le Pen. Behind the smile displayed, total disregard for freedom of expression. Full support to Quotidien”.
Questioned by a journalist from Libération, Marine Le Pen took responsibility for her comments. “You know, I am at home, therefore in my HQ and in my movement, Mr. Libération, who has always been welcomed, moreover, in all circumstances. (…) Yes, yes, it is me who decides. When I decide, I assume (…) It was I who decided, several years ago, that.
Quotidien was an entertainment program and, therefore, I did not feel obliged to accredit Quotidieneven if I accredit all the others, including, of course, the media which are extremely hostile. Like you”she said.
Marine Le Pen maintains “a very authoritarian relationship with the media”
During this press conference,
the politician had criticized Emmanuel Macron’s attitude towards the press. “I am obliged to raise before you the question of the relationship with the media of our leaders. I am quite appalled by the way Emmanuel Macron treats the media today, she criticized. I do not count the media which are obliged to cancel the publication of columns or broadcasts, because Emmanuel Macron does not wish to participate.she declared.
For Challenges, Christophe Bigot, lawyer specializing in media law, then estimated: “Marine Le Pen maintains a very authoritarian relationship with the media. She shows that she owns her name, her image and her speech.
Communication and propaganda thus prevail over information. But it’s not new.”.
