On September 17, 2009, while a Belgian-Swiss documentary on the staging of public appearances President Sarkozy made a noise in the cathodic landerneau, RTBF (Radio Brussels) boasted on his website: " kilometer distance and promotes the practice of institutional impartiality! .
The distance therefore promotes fairness. Local TV stations so they are convicted of bias? The exclusion of the policies of their bodies-as envisaged by the French Community and discussed this Monday at 3:55 p.m. on intermediation will she change the situation?
TVs Accusing local bias is excessive and striking for people who are trying to do their job with professionalism, with the limited means at their disposal. But one can not deny that nearby Institutional (serving in elected bodies, from funding to parts of the communes and provinces) and geographical create an unhealthy dependency of the media vis-à-vis a political world that is supposed to cover the distance with journalist required .
The local politician who sits on the board or the Office of the institution receives input and easy access to key people. He knows the house and it is often small. The old practice was customary policy of direct intervention. I believe that these behaviors are more rare, at least more discreet.
But most n is not there. Often the influence is so insidious. What is at stake is access to information. Critical journalists were denied access to sources, because of their independence. " If you're cool with us, we will continue to supply you with information, or en primeur. Otherwise, you will be boycotted! " Things are rarely so explicit, but the context is one. It is also not peculiar to local TVs. The newspaper industry is facing the same phenomenon.
I remember the coverage Télévesdre a visit organized by SPI + at Freiburg. These are local agents of the province of Liege who discover the virtues of political Ecological implemented in the German city. Everyone is appreciative. TV Vesdre gives ample voice to some influential agents: a leader of an important inter, a deputy mayor of a town in the Province, an MLA. Everyone is convinced, while not so long ago, they did not hide their skepticism. Everyone has their own local initiative, exemplary. Both environmentalists provincial councilors who attended the trip, they have no voice. Yet, they believe that a priori would be interesting, would have put into perspective the statements of each other.
This example is symptomatic, in my opinion: there is no question here of bias and there is no fault of the journalist, just a slight omission complacent.
The prohibition against elected to sit in the CA local TVs will not lead to radical change. Elected officials may be replaced by local apparatchiks. There will be less interference on one side, there will be more than another. By itself, no big difference. Moreover, one who knew how to designate by his party as a representative of local TV will certainly be heard from the apparatchik. More fundamentally, as I noted above, the political influence on the journalistic work is mainly carried on another level: that of access to information. Each mayor has this weapon, he registered or not in the CA local TV.
So what? Where to begin?
Among other measures (for example, why does not consider signing by the directors of a local TV's code of conduct?), I tell myself that the exclusion policy is perhaps not so inappropriate that what I originally thought. For teams drafting, the departure of elected will serve a form of empowerment, the feeling of not having permanently behind him, a presence partisan, hope not to be evaluated by judges and political parties.
Symbolic, the measure could be beneficial if it does not remain isolated.
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