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20/11/2008

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Bouveresse, Jacques

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

MediaPart - France | 16/03/2008

Jacques Bouveresse considers capitalism a threat to journalism

In an interview conducted by Sylvain Bourmeau, the French philosopher Jacques Bouveresse ponders the future of the independent press. "Can we dream of a press that is truly free and autonomous devoted to the cause of truth and justice, in a world where information has become a mere commercial product submitted like all the others pretty much exclusively to the law of supply and demand and where the reign of the market and the power of money have become so absolute and tyrannical ? How can what makes no economical sense in the eyes of the new realists who now lay down the law not increasingly appear to quite simply be nonsense itself ? To dream of the kind of press that most of us continue to dream of could well be about as unreasonable as dreaming of a capitalism that turns out morally sound ... ."

L'Humanité - France | 22/05/2006

The mediatic treatment of the Clearstream affair

The French philosopher Jacques Bouveresse does not believe that the media firestorm provoked by the politico-judicial 'Clearstream' scandal in France will carry on too long. "The various media outlets are in a competition for the new and the sensational that allows for no slackening. The consequence is that no question can remain the order of the day for too long. The Clearstream affair, whose secretive and scandalous character clearly makes it a prized subject, provides the press with a dream opportunity to put France's political house in order and justify the impression that it seeks to project of being in the forefront of the search for truth, justice and morality. We would obviously like to see the press show as much zeal when it comes to its own abuses of power, and the corruption that pervades its own house."

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