Billionaire ‘French Murdoch’ Is Building His Own Right-Wing Media Empire.
Bollore says his media strategy is driven purely by business metrics. But many see a deeply conservative ideological agenda.
The seven-part 2019 American television series “The Loudest Voice” on Roger Ailes, the mastermind behind the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News into a powerhouse of right-wing politics in the US, found an avid viewer in France: billionaire Vincent Bollore.
The series resonated with the French media baron, a person close to him said. Bollore has taken his own CNews TV channel sharply to the right by tapping into the formula that’s paid off handsomely for Murdoch — catering to conservative audiences deemed to be under-served by the mostly left-leaning mainstream media. As Bollore takes that winning blueprint to his ever-expanding media empire, he’s being dubbed the “French Murdoch.’’
Bolloré, who has traditionally supported centre-right causes and is close to former president Nicolas Sarkozy, has not publicly backed Zemmour but is said to appreciate many of his ideas, including on crime, according to people familiar with his thinking. “Bolloré has gone step by step to furnish the radical right a place to express themselves, and they now have access to mainstream media outlets,” said Virginie Martin, a political-science professor at Kedge Business School in Paris. “They never had that before and that kept a glass ceiling over far-right politicians like Jean-Marie Le Pen and Marine Le Pen.” If regulators approve Vivendi’s bid for Lagardère, Bolloré will in effect control France’s biggest pay-TV operator, Canal Plus; its biggest book publisher, Hachette; the widely watched 24-hour news channel CNews; Europe 1 radio; JDD; Paris Match; and a dozen other magazines.
“… Building His Own Right-Wing Media Empire.”
I’d settle for an honest Media Empire.
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izlamo delenda est …
Magazines are still a thing?
Please shitcan the news pop-up. It’s highly annoying on smartphones.
Oh, and if the headline is implying that Fox News is “right-wing” I got some bad news for ya.
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izlamo delenda est …
Yeah, thoughtful, rational, Constitutional is ‘right-wing’, which is supposed to be a smear of extremism.
Not that I ever watch TV news, but Fox News has some individuals & shows that I trust, some that I often agree with but wouldn’t trust too deeply, and some that I expect to think the opposite of. I would never expect to trust an entire network, based upon experience.
Writers clearly either:
1. Know nothing about ‘Australia and Murdocks. or
2. Are “Bush Republican” liars.
Murdocks are as far right as: FDR, + “Uncle Joe”!There are many good
reasons less than 16% of Americans trust MSM.
Bloomberg and Financial Times are examples of why!@#$%!^&*?!@%*
I know not Bollore; But I have followed
Fox since lefty, Aussie ;Murdoch bought it 37 years ago. proof #1 a, it should be sufficient, he hired Ronny hating Bush loving REGISTERED “D” Chris to be his #1 talker!
I saw some “low info” blogs said Chris was a RINo. Never! Bush lover always said he was D ALWAYS.
As”ACE” and I said 22 years ago GWB was a
“D”. But we were just parroting “El Rusbo”.