Sarko-TV in France

There are plans afoot to broadcast a daily information campaign about the activities of President Nicolas Sarkozy on French public television. The idea comes from government communications advisor Thierry Saussez. The daily Corriere della Sera points to the thin dividing line between information and propaganda. "According to Saussez there is no propaganda intention behind [this campaign]. ... This is not a case of a secret broadcaster serving [the interests of ] political power, but rather an information service. The journalists' union is protesting because a broadcast of this kind indirectly implies that journalists are incapable of fulfilling their assignment to provide information. Public radio and television are in any case already a highly sensitive subject in the political debate, ever since Sarkozy decided to drastically reduce advertising in order to stress informative character of public broadcasters."

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