Media

Summary

Dominique Pagani approaches the media mainly through what they say about an event and what they leave unsaid. In 2014, he defends the SNCF rail strike against the way the media present it, and he refuses to let social gains won through struggle be called "privileges"1. He then links the question to collective amnesia. On the subject of Libération, he reads the article about Le Pen's dagger and about Laurent Joffrin's holidays with him, quotes Chomsky on the newspaper and points out the public subsidies it receives2. In 2021, he compares two reports on a French military convoy in the Sahel: France 24, a state channel, never lets the protesters speak, whereas TV5 Monde does. Above all, he notes the media's indifference to the deaths and reads it through Freud's phrase "the death drives advance in silence"3. He also states that the media blow up minor news stories and lull the public about the war4. Finally, he distances himself from the "media feminism" of privileged circles, which would erase femininity5.

1. 1#1 Présentation ; l'U.E ; Clouscard; Rousseau.20 Sept 2014
2. 2#3 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...6 Nov 2020
3. 310#6 Guerre et Paix : "Les pulsions de mort progressent en silence..." (Freud)8 Dec 2021
4. 4Racines ou migration ? De la rêverie analytique à l'actualité, de Hölderlin à la guerre17 Feb 2023
5. 5Le féminisme des privilégiés, censure puritaine de la féminité - Molière, Clouscard, Wagner6 Feb 2022

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