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Censorship of Yellow Vest protests in France

Oxter

I have been in France twice lately and follow French news when at home.

There seems to be a policy by the media here of not reporting the scale of the protests in France. Censorship?

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Your Face

If it was censored we wouldn't know so much about it.

There have being more protests over the last few years in Europe.

The reason you dont much after the initial reports is because these groups have no clear or concise message and no follow-through.

Peregrinus

... and because our media is still fairly anglocentric. Events in most European countries tend to get fairly cursory coverage.

ted1

Oxter wrote: »

I have been in France twice lately and follow French news when at home.

There seems to be a policy by the media here of not reporting the scale of the protests in France. Censorship?

It’s kicak french news. Not much interest in it here.

freshpopcorn

I see enough off it!

I wonder did French news cover the protest outside Simon Harris's house and Paul Murphy with his mega phone in Jobstown?

[Deleted User]

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I see enough off it!

I wonder did French news cover the protest outside Simon Harris's house and Paul Murphy with his mega phone in Jobstown?

I get the French papers in work, they're barely covering Brexit!

VinLieger

Oxter wrote: »

I have been in France twice lately and follow French news when at home.

There seems to be a policy by the media here of not reporting the scale of the protests in France. Censorship?

Did French national media report daily on our water protests at the time?

Fighting Tao

It’s mad how often people claim censorship these days. The longer a story goes on the less/no coverage it gets. It was covered a lot at the start. It’s old news now. No censorship going on at all.

Oxter

VinLieger wrote: »

Did French national media report daily on our water protests at the time?

They were a minor disorganised ripple.

Oxter

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I get the French papers in work, they're barely covering Brexit!

The French would hsve guillotined Harris and othrrs over their handling of the new childrens hospital (tne most expensive ever builr worldwide) and newly qualified nurses being paid €13.50ph, less thsn clesning stsff.

[Deleted User]

VinLieger wrote: »

Did French national media report daily on our water protests at the time?

Oui, d'accord

https://actu.orange.fr/societe/videos/manifestation-contre-la-fin-de-la-gratuite-de-l-eau-en-irlande-VID0000001rMa7.html

Annasopra

Our media tends to focus mainly on English speaking countries. Theres no conspiracy.

Suckler

Fighting Tao wrote: »

It’s mad how often people claim censorship these days. The longer a story goes on the less/no coverage it gets. It was covered a lot at the start. It’s old news now. No censorship going on at all.

Especially these days when news channels/programs/websites are a 24 hour constant. They cannot keep the same headlines every hour without updates/changes or the next 'click-bait' style headline will take people away.

_Brian

It’s just not interesting to most people.

Bob24

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I get the French papers in work, they're barely covering Brexit!

Either you don’t read them or you’re not being honest about it.

To talk about something I know for sure, I read Le Figaro everyday and they definitly have several articles per week related to Brexit. I wouldn’t quite say every day but at least every second day.

ShatterProof

What yellow vest protests are you talking about?

Wanderer78

Seen some footage yesterday of yellow vests fighting yellow vests, tis nasty enough over there

[Deleted User]

Bob24 wrote: »

Either you don’t read them or you’re not being honest about it.

I read Le Figaro everyday and they definitly have several articles per week related to Brexit. I wouldn’t quite say every day but at least every second day.

I said barely, I was also kidding. But relative the saturated coverage of Brexit here in and in the UK media, yeah, it is barely covered, both in terms of the frequency of its coverage and in its detail. Nobody in France that I know has much of an idea about it, except that it's happening and the Brits have no plan.

It's just interesting to note the difference, even though France is also one of the UKs biggest trading partners.

Also, Le Figaro ? Sniff.

_Brian

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I said barely, I was also kidding. But relative the saturated coverage of Brexit here in and in the UK media, yeah, it is barely covered, both in terms of the frequency of its coverage and in its detail. Nobody in France that I know has much of an idea about it, except that it's happening and the Brits have no plan.

It's just interesting to note the difference, even though France is also one of the UKs biggest trading partners.

Also, Le Figaro ? Sniff.

Brexit effects will be slow and long term in France somit matters little.

Here however it has potential to plunge us into deep recession within a short time. It’s much more relevant here.

AlphabetCards

There were yellow vest protests in London, and they didn't make the news either. Crazy situation, I've been following the situation in France through periscope and twitter, the parisienne fire brigade have been fighting the cops and THAT didn't even make the news. There are scores of wounded, a few dead and nothing from RTE or BBC.

sk8erboii

Oxter wrote: »

I have been in France twice lately and follow French news when at home.

There seems to be a policy by the media here of not reporting the scale of the protests in France. Censorship?

You dont know what censorship means do you?

Bob24

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I said barely, I was also kidding. But relative the saturated coverage of Brexit here in and in the UK media, yeah, it is barely covered, both in terms of the frequency of its coverage and in its detail. Nobody in France that I know has much of an idea about it, except that it's happening and the Brits have no plan.

It's just interesting to note the difference, even though France is also one of the UKs biggest trading partners.

Also, Le Figaro ? Sniff.

You said the French press barely covers Brexit, and I am quoting the French national paper with the highest circulation (yes, Le Figaro) which is reporting about it at least every second day (which about any topic can't possibly be called barely).

Also for your reference and amongst Brexit related topics, they have covered the issue of the Irish border and the backstop in details on a few occasions (one example here).

So kidding or not, it is simply incorrect to say there is no in depth coverage and Brexit is barely covered.

Now to go back on topic I am not saying the Irish press should necesseraly cover the yellow jacket protests equally, but using so-called weak Brexit coverage in the French press to explain it would make no sense.

[Deleted User]

Bob24 wrote: »

You said the French press barely covers Brexit, and I am quoting the French national paper with the highest circulation (yes, Le Figaro) which is reporting about it at least every second day (which about any topic can't possibly be called barely).

Also for your reference and amongst Brexit related topics, they have covered the issue of the Irish border and the backstop in details on a few occasions (one example here).

So kidding or not, it is simply incorrect to say there is no in depth coverage and Brexit is barely covered.

Now to go back on topic I am not saying the Irish press should necesseraly cover the yellow jacket protests equally, but using so-called weak Brexit coverage in the French press to explain it would make no sense.

Listen I know it's a Monday Morning in February but lighten up a bit man, I already explained that I was being tongue in cheek, but there is actually a serious point too, that in relative terms, French coverage of Brexit is weak. I don't read Le Figaro but that's my impression from Libération and Aujourd'hui, as well as French Radio coverage. Compare that to Ireland and Britain where huge resources are poured into discussing Brexit, probably at the cost to other issues of public importance.

pjohnson

The Irish Yellow Vest breed of eejits got no coverage either.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Oxter wrote: »

The French would hsve guillotined Harris and othrrs over their handling of the new childrens hospital (tne most expensive ever builr worldwide) and newly qualified nurses being paid €13.50ph, less thsn clesning stsff.

Which has what to do with media coverage?

Fighting Tao

It’s also worth noting that most news is now consumed online. If a story is only generating 500 clicks a day, journalists would be directed to other stories that generate 5000 clicks instead as each click generates revenue. That’s the realities of free news.

Peregrinus

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Listen I know it's a Monday Morning in February but lighten up a bit man, I already explained that I was being tongue in cheek, but there is actually a serious point too, that in relative terms, French coverage of Brexit is weak. I don't read Le Figaro but that's my impression from Libération and Aujourd'hui, as well as French Radio coverage. Compare that to Ireland and Britain where huge resources are poured into discussing Brexit, probably at the cost to other issues of public importance.

Brexit is important to France, but not nearly as important as it is to Ireland (or, obviously, the UK) so Brexit coverage in the French media will be correspondingly more limited.

orourkeda1977

Or Filly Joans as Joe Duffy calls them.

Gimme A Pound

Oxter wrote: »

I have been in France twice lately and follow French news when at home.

There seems to be a policy by the media here of not reporting the scale of the protests in France. Censorship?

No, that's not what censorship is.

ShatterProof

https://twitter.com/boucherhayes/status/1094622257182400513?s=08

Franz Von Peppercorn

AlphabetCards wrote: »

There were yellow vest protests in London, and they didn't make the news either. Crazy situation, I've been following the situation in France through periscope and twitter, the parisienne fire brigade have been fighting the cops and THAT didn't even make the news. There are scores of wounded, a few dead and nothing from RTE or BBC.

We really don’t have a news service anymore. People in the 19C and early 20C used to buy newspapers that were just that - no opinions, one editorial, some serialised stories, but mostly news. News reports. Court reports. Correspondents throughout the empire and beyond.

News from everywhere. If you finished the Times of London you knew what was happening from the assizes in Inverness, land agitation in Tipperary, South American riots, to an uprising in Timbuktu. Reports from whatever war zone was going on.

Now newspapers are basically opinion driven, even the best ones. The tabloids are not news and the broadsheets are barely news. The TV news is either local or parochial or subject to the ideological whims of the editor. Look at the non coverage of Yemen.