Les etudiants de Toulouse utilisent beaucoup de mots se rapprochant de l’idée des “Fake News” comme “déformation, propagande, biaisée”. Après il est vrai que nous faisons plus confiance aux médias en france, c’est peut-être pour ça qu’il y a peu de mots négatifs.
Pour répondre à ta question, il ne me semble pas qu’il y est de règles strict à suivre en france sinon la liberté de la presse n’aurait plus auncune signification. À ma connaissance auncun politicien français dénigre la presse comme Trump le fait, certain son prêt à réfuter les dénonciations les concernant comme Fillon l’a fait pour des histoires d’emplois fictifs mais pas au point de Trump.

It is interesting to see that, while the students at Toulouse mostly have neutral or positive opinions of the press, the responses of Bowdoin students reflect many negative views of the media. In the United States, the political media is a strong reflection of, as well as an undeniable source of, the political polarization in the country. Different media sources offer vastly differing versions of the same events based upon their differing respective political leanings. To what extent do you feel that the press in France is able to maintain objectivity in its presentation of political news?

It seems like discussing journalism is incredibly polarizing eh! It seems that us Americans are incredibly skeptical about news nowadays and honestly I understand it, in this country news appears to be a malleable commodity. Words like “misleading” and “annoying” just prove that we’ve become cynical of newspapers on a national scale. Our Toulouse peers have noted that transparency is paramount in journalism, please send some over to us!

Based on popular opinion, it’s amazing that the French trust their press and information ministry so much as there seems to be a lot of input about freedom of press and freedom of speech.

Based on the idea of “Fake News”, what are your thoughts on Emmanuel Macron and how he refuses to have the press present when he is interviewed or questioned?

A lot of the Toulouse students mention the ideas of information and freedom, with the worst feelings more akin to biased or controversial. Though, even when they mention freedom, most Bowdoin students follow that up with either fake news or biased. Clearly our opinions of the media have been affected by the Trump administration, but I think if we had performed this task two years ago our list would have looked very similar to the Toulouse list. It seems as though the differences in responses to media may be more related to administration and those controlling media than the actual media itself. I would be interested to hear if any of the Toulouse students think their answers may have been affected if another candidate had been elected instead of Macron.

La presse est une façon de développer son esprit critique et de remettre tout en question.

@crice

Salut !

Pour répondre à ta question,

Si un candidat différent d’Emmanuel Macron avait été élu, ma réponse ne serait pas différente : “information, biasée”

J’ai eu l’impression que les médias français importants n’ont pas respecté une égalité du temps de parole/présence des différents candidats à la présidentielle, avant et pendant la campagne électorale.

On a eu droit en boucle au “jeune et dynamique” Emmanuel Macron, au “ronchion” Jean-Luc Mélenchon, à Marine le Pen “vade retro satana” et à François Fillon “l’innocent”.

Au contraire, les “petits” candidats, comme on aime les appeler, ont à mon sens été sous représentés dans les médias. Par exemple : François Asselineau, Nathalie Arthaud, Jean Lassalle etc…

De plus, quand on sait que la majorité des principaux médias français sont dirigés par des gens ayant de forts intérêts économiques, on peut facilement penser que l’information n’est pas neutre.

Merci de m’avoir lu,
Bonne soirée/journée Guillaume

*ronchon

There are definitely some significant discrepancies between the responses of the Bowdoin students and the Toulouse students. Interestingly, as many noted above, there is simply a lack of trust that is present within American society. While ideas of mistrust are reflected through the Bowdoin student’s answers, common answers that appear from Toulouse include themes of information and expression.

Interestingly, both answers have ideas consistent with freedom. Regardless of the value ascribed to the press, the need for liberty is clearly imperative.